Patriarch

//ˈpeɪtɹiɑɹk//

Synonyms for "patriarch" (179 found)

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Noun(2 words)
paterfamiliasancestor

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Related words (89)

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11 entries

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Translations

124 translations across 65 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)
  • patrik noun (highest bishop)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πατριάρχης noun (male leader)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بَطْرَك noun (highest bishop)
  • بَطْرِيك noun (highest bishop)
  • بَطْرِيَرْك noun (highest bishop)
  • بَطْرِيَرْك noun (male leader)

Armenian

3 entries
  • նախահայր noun (male leader)
  • պատրիարք noun (highest bishop)
  • տանուտեր noun (male leader)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • ataxaqan noun (male leader)
  • ağsaqqal noun (male leader)
  • patriarx noun (highest bishop)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • патрыя́рх noun (highest bishop)
  • патрыя́рх noun (male leader)
  • патрыя́рх noun (male leader)
  • старэ́йшына noun (male leader)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • баща́ noun (male leader)
  • патриа́рх noun (highest bishop)
  • патриа́рх noun (male leader)

Catalan

1 entries
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 宗主教 noun (highest bishop)
  • 家主 noun (male leader)
  • 家長 /家长 noun (male leader)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ noun (male leader)

Corsican

1 entries
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Czech

2 entries
  • patriarcha noun (highest bishop)
  • praotec noun (male leader)

Danish

2 entries
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)
  • patriark noun (male leader)

Dutch

3 entries
  • aartsvader noun (male leader)
  • patriarch noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarch noun (male leader)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • patriarko noun (male leader)

Estonian

2 entries
  • patriarh noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarh noun (male leader)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ættfaðir noun (male leader)

Finnish

2 entries
  • patriarkka noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarkka noun (male leader)

French

2 entries
  • patriarche noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarche noun (male leader)

Friulian

1 entries
  • patriarcje noun (male leader)

Galician

1 entries
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პატრიარქი noun (highest bishop)
  • პატრიარქი noun (male leader)

German

3 entries
  • Erzvater noun (male leader)
  • Patriarch noun (highest bishop)
  • Patriarch noun (male leader)

Greek

2 entries
  • πατριάρχης noun (highest bishop)
  • πατριάρχης noun (male leader)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • פַּטְרִיאַרְךְ noun (highest bishop)
  • פַּטְרִיאַרְךְ noun (male leader)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • pátriárka noun (highest bishop)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ættfaðir noun (male leader)

Ido

1 entries
  • patriarko noun (male leader)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • batrik noun (male leader)
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)
  • patriark noun (male leader)

Irish

3 entries
  • ardathair noun (male leader)
  • patrarc noun (male leader)
  • uasalathair noun (male leader)

Italian

2 entries
  • patriarca noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 家長 noun (male leader)
  • 総主教 noun (highest bishop)
  • 総大司教 noun (highest bishop)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ақсақал noun (male leader)
  • патриарх noun (highest bishop)

Korean

2 entries
  • 가장 noun (male leader)
  • 총대주교 noun (highest bishop)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • аксакал noun (male leader)
  • патриарх noun (highest bishop)

Latin

1 entries
  • patriarcha noun (male leader)

Latvian

1 entries
  • patriarhs noun (highest bishop)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • patriarchas noun (highest bishop)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • патрија́рх noun (highest bishop)

Malay

1 entries
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-ayr noun (male leader)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)
  • patriark noun (male leader)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)
  • patriark noun (male leader)

Occitan

2 entries
  • patriarca noun (male leader)
  • patriarcha noun (male leader)

Old Armenian

2 entries
  • նախահայր noun (male leader)
  • տանուտէր noun (male leader)

Old English

1 entries
  • hēahfæder noun (male leader)

Persian

2 entries
  • پاتریارک noun (highest bishop)
  • پاطریارخ noun (highest bishop)

Polish

2 entries
  • patriarcha noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarcha noun (male leader)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • patriarca noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Romanian

1 entries
  • patriarh noun (highest bishop)

Russian

4 entries
  • аксака́л noun (male leader)
  • патриа́рх noun (highest bishop)
  • патриа́рх noun (male leader)
  • старе́йшина noun (male leader)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • àrd-athair noun (male leader)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • patrìjarh noun (highest bishop)
  • patrìjarh noun (male leader)
  • патрѝјарх noun (highest bishop)
  • патрѝјарх noun (male leader)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • patriarca noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Slovak

1 entries
  • patriarcha noun (highest bishop)

Slovene

1 entries
  • patriarh noun (highest bishop)

Spanish

2 entries
  • patriarca noun (highest bishop)
  • patriarca noun (male leader)

Swedish

2 entries
  • patriark noun (highest bishop)
  • patriark noun (male leader)

Tatar

1 entries
  • аксакал noun (male leader)

Thai

1 entries
  • สังฆราช noun (highest bishop)

Turkish

2 entries
  • aile reisi noun (male leader)
  • patrik noun (highest bishop)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • патріа́рх noun (highest bishop)
  • патріа́рх noun (male leader)
  • старі́йшина noun (male leader)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • patriarx noun (highest bishop)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • gia trưởng noun (male leader)
  • mục thủ noun (highest bishop)
  • thượng phụ noun (highest bishop)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • stamfaar noun (male leader)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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He's a patriarch.

Source: tatoeba (4138032)

In Istanbul, more than a dozen Orthodox men jumped into the frigid waters of the Golden Horn amid heavy rains in a ceremony led by Patriarch Bartholomew I.

Source: tatoeba (8433369)

This refers specifically to the Biblical patriarch, the son of Abraham and father of Jacob.

Source: tatoeba (10294400)

Ziri is our family's patriarch.

Source: tatoeba (11441189)

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