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noun, masculine

patriarche

/pa.tʁi.jaʁʃ/

noun, masculine/pa.tʁi.jaʁʃ/plural: patriarches

patriarch

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).