paterfamilias

See also: pater familias

English

Etymology

From around 1425 to 1475 from late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English which itself came from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin term with the same meaning. From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin term pater ("father") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household". Confer the English word family.

Noun

paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)

1. A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

Synonyms

• patriarch

Antonyms

• (a woman who is the head of a household): materfamilias

Translations

a man who is the head of a household

• Arabic: رَبّ اَلْعَائِلَة m (rabb al-ʕāʔila)
• Faroese: húsbóndi m
• Galician: petrucio m
• Georgian: ტანუტერი (ṭanuṭeri)
• German: Paterfamilias m, Familienvater (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: πάτερ φαμίλιας (el) m (páter famílias)
• Irish: ceann tí m, ceann urra teaghlaigh m
• Latin: pater familias m
• Spanish: paterfamilias (es) m
• Volapük: famülafat

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Spanish

Noun

paterfamilias m (plural paterfamilias)

1. paterfamilias