Dictionary

patriarchal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑːkl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarchālis, from patriarcha + -ālis. Sychronically analyzable as patriarch + -al.

Meanings

1. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
   • About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung. 1852, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
2. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

Forms

Coordinates

matriarchal

Deriveds

patriarchalistic · patriarchalist · patriarchalize · patriarchalization · cisheteropatriarchal · patriarchalism · heteropatriarchal · patriarchal cross · antipatriarchal · neopatriarchal · patriarchal church · homopatriarchal · patriarchally · prepatriarchal · nonpatriarchal · metapatriarchal · postpatriarchal · extrapatriarchal · unpatriarchal

Relateds

patristics · patristical · patriarchy · patristic · patrist · pater · patriarch · patristically · patriarchate

Synonyms

patriarchial · patriarchic

Translations (43)

nb patriarkalsk (relating to patriarchy) · de patriarchisch (relating to patriarchy) · de patriarchal (relating to patriarchy) · hi पितृसत्तात्मक (relating to patriarchy) · bg патриархален (relating to patriarchy) · id patriarkal (relating to patriarchy) · da patriarkalsk (relating to patriarchy) · ca patriarcal (relating to patriarchy) · gv ard-ayroil (relating to patriarchy) · it patriarcale (relating to patriarchy) · hi पितृसत्ताक (relating to patriarchy) · bg патриаршески (characteristic of a patriarch) · nl aartsvaderlijk (relating to patriarchy) · nl patriarchaal (relating to patriarchy) · fi patriarkaalinen (characteristic of a patriarch) · da patriakal (relating to patriarchy) · ar بَطْرِيَرْكِيّ (characteristic of a patriarch) · sv patriarkalisk (relating to patriarchy) · fr patriarcal (relating to patriarchy) · nn patriarkalsk (relating to patriarchy) · sh па̏тријарха̄лан (relating to patriarchy) · eo patriarka (characteristic of a patriarch) · el πατριαρχικός (relating to patriarchy) · id patriarkis (relating to patriarchy) · gl patriarcal (relating to patriarchy) · eo patriarka (relating to patriarchy) · hu patriarchális (relating to patriarchy) · sv patriarkal (relating to patriarchy) · fr patriarcal (characteristic of a patriarch) · sh pȁtrijarhālan (relating to patriarchy) · eo patriarĥa (relating to patriarchy) · fi patriarkaalinen (relating to patriarchy) · ru патриарха́льный (relating to patriarchy) · pt patriarcal (relating to patriarchy) · nb patriarkal (relating to patriarchy) · cs patriarchální (relating to patriarchy) · fo ættfaðirligur (relating to patriarchy) · oc patriarcal (relating to patriarchy) · es patriarcal (relating to patriarchy) · nn patriarkal (relating to patriarchy) · eo patriarĥa (characteristic of a patriarch) · de patriarchalisch (relating to patriarchy) · mr पुरुषसत्ताक (relating to patriarchy)