🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

家長

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kachō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
patriarch/ˈpeɪ.tri.ɑːrk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その家長は家族全員から深く敬愛されていた。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The male head of a family or tribe.

    "The family gathered at the estate to celebrate the patriarch's eightieth birthday."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French patriarche, via late Latin from Greek patriarkhēs, from patria 'lineage' + arkhēs 'ruler'.

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