patrimonial

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English

Etymology

From patrimony +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. patrimonial

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.tɾi.mo.niˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /pa.tɾi.moˈnjaw/
 

  • 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

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