patrimonial
English
Etymology
patrimony + -al
Adjective
patrimonial (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to patrimony.
- Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- […] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]
- 2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer, transl., Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 173:
- The general evolution is clear: bubbles aside, what we are witnessing is a strong comeback of private capital in the rich countries since 1970, or, to put it another way, the emergence of a new patrimonial capitalism.
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Derived terms
- neopatrimonial
- patrimonialism
- patrimonially
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
patrimonial (feminine patrimoniale, masculine plural patrimoniaux, feminine plural patrimoniales)
- patrimonial
Further reading
- “patrimonial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Adjective
patrimonial m or f (plural patrimoniais)
- patrimonial
Romanian
Etymology
From French patrimonial.
Adjective
patrimonial m or n (feminine singular patrimonială, masculine plural patrimoniali, feminine and neuter plural patrimoniale)
- patrimonial
Declension
Declension of patrimonial
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | patrimonial | patrimonială | patrimoniali | patrimoniale | ||
| definite | patrimonialul | patrimoniala | patrimonialii | patrimonialele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | patrimonial | patrimoniale | patrimoniali | patrimoniale | ||
| definite | patrimonialului | patrimonialei | patrimonialilor | patrimonialelor | |||
Spanish
Adjective
patrimonial (plural patrimoniales)
- patrimonial, hereditary
- heritage (e.g. heritage site or building, heritage value)
- (linguistics) inherited
Derived terms
- patrimonialmente
Related terms
- patrimonio
Further reading
- “patrimonial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014