# 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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pə.tɾiˈar.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.tɾiˈaɾ.ka]
* Rhymes: -aɾka

### Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarques)
* patriarch

#### Related terms

* matriarca
* patriarcal
* patriarcat

### Further reading

* “patriarca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “patriarca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “patriarca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “patriarca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtɾjaɾka/ [paˈt̪ɾjaɾ.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɾka
* Hyphenation: pa‧triar‧ca

### Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)
* patriarch

#### Related terms

* patriarcado
* patriarcal

### Further reading

* “patriarca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## 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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.triˈar.ka/
* Rhymes: -arka
* Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧àr‧ca

### Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarchi)
* patriarch

#### Related terms

* patriarcale
* patriarcato

### References

* ↑ patriarca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* patriarca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* patriarca in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* patriarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* patriàrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* patriarca in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* patrïarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas, feminine matriarca, feminine plural matriarcas)
* patriarch

#### Related terms

* patriarcal
* patriarcat

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* patriarcha (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [paˈtɾjah.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [paˈtɾjah.kɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pa.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈaɾ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [pa.tɾɪˈaχ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [paˈtɾjaχ.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.tɾiˈaɻ.ka/ [pa.tɾɪˈaɻ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /paˈtɾjaɻ.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /pɐˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
* Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧ar‧ca

### Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)
* (sociology) patriarch (male head of a community or household)
* (ecclesiastical, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism) patriarch (highest rank of bishop)

#### Related terms

* patriarcado
* patriarcal

### Further reading

* “patriarca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “patriarca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “patriarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “patriarca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “patriarca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “patriarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## 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”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtɾjaɾka/ [paˈt̪ɾjaɾ.ka]
* Rhymes: -aɾka
* Syllabification: pa‧triar‧ca

### Noun

patriarca m (plural patriarcas)
* patriarch

#### Related terms

* matriarca
* patriarcado
* patriarcal

### Further reading

* “patriarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10