patrimonial

English

Etymology

From patrimony +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pætɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/
• Rhymes: -əʊniəl

Adjective

patrimonial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to patrimony.
2. Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     […] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]

   • 2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 173:

     The general evolution is clear: bubbles aside, what we are witnessing is a strong comeback of private capital in the rich countries since 1970, or, to put it another way, the emergence of a new patrimonial capitalism.

Derived terms

• neopatrimonial
• patrimonialism
• patrimonially

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

patrimonial (feminine patrimoniale, masculine plural patrimoniaux, feminine plural patrimoniales)

1. patrimonial

Further reading

• “patrimonial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.tɾi.mo.niˈaw/ [pa.tɾi.mo.nɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pa.tɾi.moˈnjaw/ [pa.tɾi.moˈnjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tɾi.muˈnjal/ [pɐ.tɾi.muˈnjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tɾi.muˈnjal/ [pɐ.tɾi.muˈnjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tɾi.muˈnja.li/

• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧mo‧ni‧al

Adjective

patrimonial m or f (plural patrimoniais)

1. patrimonial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patrimonial. By surface analysis, patrimoniu +‎ -al.

Adjective

patrimonial m or n (feminine singular patrimonială, masculine plural patrimoniali, feminine and neuter plural patrimoniale)

1. patrimonial

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	patrimonial		patrimonială		patrimoniali	patrimoniale
	definite	patrimonialul		patrimoniala		patrimonialii	patrimonialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	patrimonial		patrimoniale		patrimoniali	patrimoniale
	definite	patrimonialului		patrimonialei		patrimonialilor	patrimonialelor

Spanish

Adjective

patrimonial m or f (masculine and feminine plural patrimoniales)

1. patrimonial, hereditary
2. heritage (e.g. heritage site or building, heritage value)
3. (linguistics) inherited

Derived terms

• patrimonialmente

 

Related terms

• patrimonio

 

Further reading

• “patrimonial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10