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Translate patriarch from English to French

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patriarch:
- aïeul; père originel
Wiktionary:
- patriarch → patriarche

English

Detailed Translations for patriarch from English to French

patriarch:

patriarch [the ~] noun

the patriarch (progenitor; founder; ancestor)
l'aïeul; le père originel
- aïeul [le ~] noun
- père originel [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for patriarch:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
aïeul	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor	ancestor; forefather
père originel	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor
-	paterfamilias

Synonyms for "patriarch":

Patriarch; spiritual leader
paterfamilias; man; adult male; head of household
forefather; father; sire
old man; greybeard; graybeard; Methuselah

Related Definitions for "patriarch":

a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself¹
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race¹
the male head of family or tribe¹
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)¹

Wiktionary Translations for patriarch:

patriarch

noun

male leader
- patriarch → patriarche

patriarch

noun

(religion) Nom donné à plusieurs personnages de l’Ancien Testament, vivre fort longtemps et connaître une longue postérité.
- patriarche → patriarch

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University