patrilineal

1. 1.

   based on or tracing descent through the male line

   “a patrilineal society”

   Synonymspatrilinear

   Similarlineal

Questions about patrilineal

What does patrilineal mean?

patrilineal means "based on or tracing descent through the male line".

How many syllables are in patrilineal?

patrilineal has 5 syllables: pat-ri-lin-e-al. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˌpætɹɪˈlɪniəl/.

What is another word for patrilineal?

Close synonyms include patrilinear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.