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patrimony

Syllables: pat·ri·mo·nyUK/ˈpat.ɹɪ.mə.ni//ˈpæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/

patrimony noun: a right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.

Noun

patrimony (plural patrimonies)

  1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
    Synonyms:
    heirloom
  2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

patrimony meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

patrimony in Hindi

patrimony, inheritance
बपौती bapautī

patrimony in Tamil

patrimony
சொத்து cottu, வம்சம் vamcam

patrimony in Urdu

میراث, وراثت

patrimony in Malayalam

inheritance, heritage, birthright
പെെതൃകസ്വത്ത്, പെെതൃകസ്വത്തവകാശം, ജന്മം, ജന്മാധികാരം, ജന്മാവകാശം, മരണപത്രപ്രകാരം നൽകപ്പെട്ട സ്വത്ത്
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patrimony in Kannada
ಪಿತ್ರಾರ್ಜಿತ ಸ್ವತ್ತು, ದತ್ತಿ, ಪುದುವಟ್ಟು, ತಂದೆಯ ಕೊಡುಗೆ

Synonyms of patrimony

Forms of patrimony

pluralpatrimonies

Origin of patrimony

From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semilearned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). First attested in 1513. By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony. Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.

Words formed from patrimony

Questions about patrimony

What does patrimony mean?
Patrimony means a right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
What is patrimony in Hindi?
Patrimony in Hindi is बपौती (bapautī). See Patrimony meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is patrimony?
Patrimony is a noun.
How do you pronounce patrimony?
Patrimony is pronounced /ˈpat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/ (UK).
What is the plural of patrimony?
The plural of patrimony is patrimonies.

Words near patrimony in the dictionary

  1. patrimoniality
  2. patrimonialization
  3. patrimonially
  4. patrimonies
  5. Patrimonio
  6. patrimony
  7. patrin
  8. Patrington
  9. patrinoside
  10. patrins
  11. patriolatry

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: patrimony (page history and authors); बपौती (Hindi) (page history and authors); சொத்து (Tamil) (page history and authors); patrimony (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patrimony (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); patrimony (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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