paterfamilias

Meaning of paterfamilias

noun
  1. the male head of a family or household.
    at the meal, the story of the Passover is told by the paterfamilias

Latin, literally ‘father of the family’.

Information about paterfamilias

Hyphenation of paterfamilias

pa-ter-fa-mil-ias

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
  • paterfamilias is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

paterfamilias synonyms

Meaning patriarch:

patriarch

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