patriarchal

English

Alternative forms

• patriarchial

Etymology

patriarch +‎ -al

Adjective

patriarchal (comparative more patriarchal, superlative most patriarchal)

1. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.

Related terms

• patriarch
• patriarchy

Derived terms

• patriarchal cross
• patriarchally
• patriarchalism

Translations

relating to patriarchy

• Catalan: patriarcal (ca)
• Danish: patriakalsk (da)
• Dutch: patriarchaal (nl), aartsvaderlijk (nl)
• Faroese: ættfaðirligur (fo)
• Greek: πατριαρχικός (el) (patriarchikós)
• Hungarian: patriarchális (hu)

• Italian: patriarcale (it)
• Manx: ard-ayroil (gv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏тријарха̄лан (sh)

  Roman: pȁtrijarhālan (sh)

• Spanish: patriarcal (es)

See also

• matriarchal