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Translate patriarch from English to Dutch

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patriarch:
- oervader; pater familias; huisvader
Wiktionary:
- patriarch → patriarch, aartsvader

English

Detailed Translations for patriarch from English to Dutch

patriarch:

patriarch [the ~] nom

the patriarch (ancestor; progenitor)
de oervader
- oervader [de ~ (m)] nom
the patriarch (progenitor; founder; ancestor)
pater familias; de huisvader
- pater familias [znw.] nom
- huisvader [de ~ (m)] nom

Translation Matrix for patriarch:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
huisvader	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor	family man; father of the family; pater familias
oervader	ancestor; patriarch; progenitor
pater familias	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 → patriarch; aartsvader

patriarch

noun

eerbiedwaardig stamvader (van het Israëlitische volk)
- aartsvader → patriarch

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University