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paterfamilias en · NOUN

Etymology

(c. 1425 to 1475) From late Middle English paterfamilias, from Latin pater familiās. From Latin pater (“father”) + familiās, archaic genitive of familia (“family; household”). Literally, "father of the family" or "father of the household".

Meanings

  1. A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pater familias alternative lexicographic
paterfamiliases Number=Plur lexicographic
patresfamilias Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

materfamilias (woman who is the head of a household)

Synonyms

patriarch

Translations (17)

ka ტანუტერი (a man who is the head of a household) · es pater-familias (a man who is the head of a household) · el πάτερ φαμίλιας (a man who is the head of a household) · la pater familias (a man who is the head of a household) · hu családapa (a man who is the head of a household) · ga ceann urra teaghlaigh (a man who is the head of a household) · it padre di famiglia (a man who is the head of a household) · de Paterfamilias (a man who is the head of a household) · vo famülafat (a man who is the head of a household) · ga ceann tí (a man who is the head of a household) · hu családfő (a man who is the head of a household) · scn patri di famigghia (a man who is the head of a household) · de Familienvater (a man who is the head of a household) · fo húsbóndi (a man who is the head of a household) · es paterfamilias (a man who is the head of a household) · ar رَبّ اَلْعَائِلَة (a man who is the head of a household) · gl petrucio (a man who is the head of a household)