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Etymology edit

patrimony +‎ -al

Adjective edit

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.

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Adjective edit

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

  1. patrimonial

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Pronunciation edit

  • (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]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.tɾi.muˈnja.li/

  • Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧mo‧ni‧al

Adjective edit

patrimonial m or f (plural patrimoniais)

  1. patrimonial

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. patrimonial

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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

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