patriarca

patriarca

See also: Patriarca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -αρχης (-arkhēs, “-arch”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pə.tɾiˈaɾ.kə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pə.tɾiˈar.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaɾ.ka/

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarques)

1. patriarch

Related terms

• matriarca
• patriarcal
• patriarcat

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -αρχης (-arkhēs, “-arch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.ka/[1]
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧àr‧ca

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarchi)

1. patriarch

Related terms

• patriarcale
• patriarcato

References

1. patriarca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• patriarcha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese patriarca, patriarcha, borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -αρχης (-arkhēs, “-arch”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [paˈtɾjah.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [paˈtɾjah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈaɾ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈaχ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [paˈtɾjaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾiˈaɻ.ka/ [pa.tɾɪˈaɻ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /pɐˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧ar‧ca

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

1. (sociology) patriarch (male head of a community or household)
2. (ecclesiastical, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism) patriarch (highest rank of bishop)

Related terms

• patriarcado
• patriarcal

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -αρχης (-arkhēs, “-arch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾjaɾka/ [paˈt̪ɾjaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: pa‧triar‧ca

Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)

1. patriarch

Related terms

• matriarca
• patriarcado
• patriarcal

 

Further reading

• “patriarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014