Meanings
comparative more patriarchal · superlative most patriarchal · alternative patriarchial
- Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinpatriarchālis
- Englishpatriarchal
Borrowed from Late Latin patriarchālis, from patriarcha + -ālis. Sychronically analyzable as patriarch + -al.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَطْرِيَرْكِيّ
- بَطْرِيَرْكِيّ (baṭriyarkiyy)characteristic of a patriarch
Bulgarian патриаршески, патриархален
- патриаршески (patriaršeski)characteristic of a patriarch
- патриархален (patriarhalen)relating to patriarchy
Catalan patriarcal
- patriarcalrelating to patriarchy
Czech patriarchální
- patriarchálnírelating to patriarchy
Danish patriakal, patriarkalsk
- patriakalrelating to patriarchy
- patriarkalskrelating to patriarchy
Dutch patriarchaal, aartsvaderlijk
- patriarchaalrelating to patriarchy
- aartsvaderlijkrelating to patriarchy
Esperanto patriarĥa, patriarka
- patriarĥacharacteristic of a patriarch
- patriarkacharacteristic of a patriarch
- patriarĥarelating to patriarchy
- patriarkarelating to patriarchy
Finnish patriarkaalinen, patriarkaalinen
- patriarkaalinencharacteristic of a patriarch
- patriarkaalinenrelating to patriarchy
French patriarcal, patriarcal
- patriarcalcharacteristic of a patriarch
- patriarcalrelating to patriarchy
German patriarchal, patriarchalisch
- patriarchalrelating to patriarchy
- patriarchalischrelating to patriarchy
- patriarchischrelating to patriarchy
Greek πατριαρχικός
- πατριαρχικός (patriarchikós)relating to patriarchy
Hebrew פַּטְרִיאַרְכָלִי, פַּטְרִיאַרְכָלִי
- פַּטְרִיאַרְכָלִי (patri'arkháli)characteristic of a patriarch
- פַּטְרִיאַרְכָלִי (patri'arkháli)relating to patriarchy
Hindi पितृसत्ताक, पितृसत्तात्मक
- पितृसत्ताक (pitŕsattāk)relating to patriarchy
- पितृसत्तात्मक (pitŕsattātmak)relating to patriarchy
Hungarian patriarchális
- patriarchálisrelating to patriarchy
Indonesian patriarkis, patriarkal
- patriarkisrelating to patriarchy
- patriarkalrelating to patriarchy
Italian patriarcale
- patriarcalerelating to patriarchy
Norwegian Bokmål patriarkal, patriarkalsk
- patriarkalrelating to patriarchy
- patriarkalskrelating to patriarchy
Portuguese patriarcal
- patriarcalrelating to patriarchy
Russian патриарха́льный
- патриарха́льный (patriarxálʹnyj)relating to patriarchy
Spanish patriarcal
- patriarcalrelating to patriarchy
Swedish patriarkal, patriarkalisk
- patriarkalrelating to patriarchy
- patriarkaliskrelating to patriarchy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with patriarchal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
patriarchal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriarchal
“patriarchal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriarchal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patriarchal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriarchal.
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