patriarch

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• UK: /ˈpætɹiɑːk/
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From Middle English patriark, patriarche, from Late Latin patriarcha; later reinforced by Old French patriarche, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs, “-arch”), with some senses likely influenced directly by Latin pāter (“father”) or Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (pătḗr, “father”). Compare matriarch. By surface analysis, patri- + -arch.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: patriark — highest bishop
• Albanian: patrik — highest bishop
• Arabic: بَطْرِيَرْك (baṭriyark) — highest bishop
• Arabic: بَطْرَك (baṭrak) — highest bishop
• Arabic: بَطْرِيك (baṭrīk) — highest bishop
• Armenian: պատրիարք (patriarkʻ) — highest bishop
• Azerbaijani: patriarx — highest bishop
• Belarusian: патрыя́рх (patryjárx) — highest bishop
• Bulgarian: патриа́рх (patriárh) — highest bishop
• Chinese Mandarin: 宗主教 (zōngzhǔjiào) — highest bishop
• Czech: patriarcha — highest bishop
• Danish: patriark — highest bishop
• Dutch: patriarch — highest bishop
• Esperanto: patriarko — highest bishop
• Estonian: patriarh — highest bishop
• Finnish: patriarkka — highest bishop
• French: patriarche — highest bishop
• Georgian: პატრიარქი (ṗaṭriarki) — highest bishop
• German: Patriarch — highest bishop
• Greek: πατριάρχης (patriárchis) — highest bishop
• Ancient Greek: πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs) — highest bishop
• Hebrew: פַּטְרִיאַרְךְ (patriárkh) — highest bishop
• Hungarian: pátriárka — highest bishop
• Indonesian: patriark — highest bishop
• Indonesian: batrik — highest bishop
• Italian: patriarca — highest bishop
• Japanese: 総主教 (sōshukyō) — highest bishop
• Japanese: 総大司教 (sōdaishikyō) — highest bishop
• Kazakh: патриарх (patriarx) — highest bishop
• Korean: 총대주교 (chongdaejugyo) — highest bishop
• Kyrgyz: патриарх (patriarh) — highest bishop
• Latvian: patriarhs — highest bishop
• Lithuanian: patriarchas — highest bishop
• Macedonian: патрија́рх (patrijárh) — highest bishop
• Malay: patriark — highest bishop
• Norwegian Bokmål: patriark — highest bishop
• Norwegian Nynorsk: patriark — highest bishop
• Iranian Persian: پاطْرِیارْخ (pâtriyârx) — highest bishop
• Iranian Persian: پاطْرِیارْک (pâtriyârk) — highest bishop
• Iranian Persian: بِطْریق (betriġ) — highest bishop
• Polish: patriarcha — highest bishop
• Portuguese: patriarca — highest bishop
• Romanian: patriarh — highest bishop
• Russian: патриа́рх (patriárx) — highest bishop
• Serbo-Croatian: патрѝјарх — highest bishop
• Serbo-Croatian: patrìjarh — highest bishop
• Sicilian: patriarca — highest bishop
• Slovak: patriarcha — highest bishop
• Slovene: patriarh — highest bishop
• Spanish: patriarca — highest bishop
• Swedish: patriark — highest bishop
• Tajik: патриарх (patriarx) — highest bishop
• Thai: สังฆราช (sǎng-ká-râat) — highest bishop
• Turkish: patrik — highest bishop
• Turkmen: patriarh — highest bishop
• Ukrainian: патріа́рх (patriárx) — highest bishop
• Urdu: بِطْرِیق (bitrīq) — highest bishop
• Urdu: پَیٹْری آرْک (paiṭrī ārk) — highest bishop
• Uzbek: patriarx — highest bishop
• Vietnamese: thượng phụ — highest bishop
• Vietnamese: mục thủ — highest bishop
• Arabic: شَيْخ (šayḵ) — male leader
• Arabic: بَطْرِيَرْك (baṭriyark) — male leader
• Armenian: տանուտեր (tanuter) — male leader
• Armenian: նախահայր (naxahayr) — male leader
• Old Armenian: տանուտէր (tanutēr) — male leader
• Old Armenian: նախահայր (naxahayr) — male leader
• Azerbaijani: ataxaqan — male leader
• Azerbaijani: ağsaqqal — male leader
• Belarusian: патрыя́рх (patryjárx) — male leader
• Belarusian: старэ́йшына (staréjšyna) — male leader
• Bulgarian: баща́ (baštá) — male leader
• Bulgarian: патриа́рх (patriárh) — male leader
• Catalan: patriarca — male leader
• Chinese Mandarin: 家長 /家长 (jiāzhǎng) — male leader
• Chinese Mandarin: 家主 (jiāzhǔ) — male leader
• Coptic: ⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ (patriarkhēs) — male leader
• Corsican: patriarca — male leader
• Czech: praotec — male leader
• Danish: patriark — male leader
• Dutch: patriarch — male leader
• Dutch: aartsvader — male leader
• Esperanto: patriarko — male leader
• Estonian: patriarh — male leader
• Faroese: ættfaðir — male leader
• Finnish: patriarkka — male leader
• French: patriarche — male leader
• West-Frisian: stamfaar — male leader
• Friulian: patriarcje — male leader
• Galician: patriarca — male leader
• Georgian: პატრიარქი (ṗaṭriarki) — male leader
• German: Patriarch — male leader
• German: Erzvater — male leader
• Greek: πατριάρχης (patriárchis) — male leader
• Ancient Greek: πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs) — male leader
• Hebrew: פַּטְרִיאַרְךְ (patriárkh) — male leader
• Hindi: आदिपुरुष (ādipuruṣ) — male leader
• Icelandic: ættfaðir — male leader
• Ido: patriarko — male leader
• Indonesian: patriark — male leader
• Indonesian: batrik — male leader
• Irish: patrarc — male leader
• Irish: uasalathair — male leader
• Irish: ardathair — male leader
• Italian: patriarca — male leader
• Japanese: 家長 (kachō) — male leader
• Kazakh: ақсақал (aqsaqal) — male leader
• Korean: 가장 (gajang) — male leader
• Kyrgyz: аксакал (aksakal) — male leader
• Latin: patriarcha — male leader
• Manx: ard-ayr — male leader
• Norwegian Bokmål: patriark — male leader
• Norwegian Nynorsk: patriark — male leader
• Occitan: patriarca — male leader
• Occitan: patriarcha — male leader
• Old English: hēahfæder — male leader
• Iranian Persian: پِدَرْسالار (pedarsâlâr) — male leader
• Iranian Persian: شِیخ (šeyx) — male leader
• Polish: patriarcha — male leader
• Portuguese: patriarca — male leader
• Russian: патриа́рх (patriárx) — male leader
• Russian: старе́йшина (staréjšina) — male leader
• Russian: аксака́л (aksakál) — male leader
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-athair — male leader
• Serbo-Croatian: патрѝјарх — male leader
• Serbo-Croatian: patrìjarh — male leader
• Sicilian: patriarca — male leader
• Spanish: patriarca — male leader
• Swedish: patriark — male leader
• Tajik: падарсолор (padarsolor) — male leader
• Tajik: шайх (šayx) — male leader
• Tatar: аксакал (aqsaqal) — male leader
• Turkish: aile reisi — male leader
• Ukrainian: патріа́рх (patriárx) — male leader
• Ukrainian: старі́йшина (staríjšyna) — male leader
• Vietnamese: gia trưởng — male leader