"matriarch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-matriarch.ogg Forms: matriarchen [plural], matriarchje [diminutive, neuter], patriarch [masculine]
Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|matriarchje|m=patriarch}} matriarch f (plural matriarchen, diminutive matriarchje n, masculine patriarch)
  1. matriarch Tags: feminine Related terms: matriarchaal, matriarchie, matrimoniaal, matrimoniea
    Sense id: en-matriarch-nl-noun-ujG784UZ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/ [UK], /ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: matriarchs [plural]
Etymology: Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). By surface analysis, matri- + -arch. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|matriarche}} Old French matriarche, {{der|en|la|māter||mother}} Latin māter (“mother”), {{m|la|-archa}} -archa, {{m|la|-arches}} -arches, {{der|en|grc|-άρχης}} Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), {{m|grc|ἀρχός||chief}} ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂ergʰ-||to begin, rule, command}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”), {{surf|en|matri-|-arch}} By surface analysis, matri- + -arch Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} matriarch (plural matriarchs)
  1. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-matriarch-en-noun-jYU8dxDe Disambiguation of Female people: 33 33 34
  2. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
    The dominant female in a family group of elephants
    Categories (topical): Female people Categories (lifeform): Elephants
    Sense id: en-matriarch-en-noun-sR8Fc2au Disambiguation of Female people: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Elephants: 7 83 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -arch Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 55 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arch: 14 59 27
  3. A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-matriarch-en-noun-befhQqLo Disambiguation of Female people: 33 33 34 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with matri- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with matri-: 28 28 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: materfamilias Related terms: maternal, matriarchal, matriarchy, matrimony, matrimonial, matron Translations (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group): matriarca [feminine] (Catalan), 女家長 (Chinese Mandarin), 女家长 (nǚjiāzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), matriarca [feminine] (Corsican), matriark [common-gender] (Danish), aartsmoeder [feminine] (Dutch), matriarch [feminine] (Dutch), matriarko (Esperanto), matriarh (Estonian), ættarmóðir [feminine] (Faroese), matriarkka (Finnish), matriarche (alt: 1) [feminine] (French), matriarcje [feminine] (Friulian), მატრიარქი (maṭriarki) (Georgian), Matriarchin [feminine] (German), mátriárka (Hungarian), matriark (Indonesian), matrarc [masculine] (Irish), matriarca [feminine] (Italian), 女家長 (onna kachō) (alt: おんなかちょう) (Japanese), kahurangi (Maori), amá (Navajo), matriark [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), matriark [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), matriarca [feminine] (Occitan), matriarca [feminine] (Portuguese), matriarhă [feminine] (Romanian), родонача́льница (rodonačálʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), матриа́рх (matriárx) [masculine] (Russian), àrd-mhàthair [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), matriarca [feminine] (Spanish), matriark [common-gender] (Swedish), anaerki (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group': 44 44 12

Inflected forms

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      "word": "matriarca"
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      "word": "matriarko"
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      "word": "matriarkka"
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      "alt": "1",
      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "მატრიარქი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Matriarchin"
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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "女家長"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "_dis1": "44 44 12",
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      "word": "amá"
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  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "matriarchaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "matriarchie"
    },
    {
      "word": "matrimoniaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "matrimoniea"
    }
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch feminine nouns",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch terms with audio links"
      ],
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        "matriarch"
      ],
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          "matriarch",
          "matriarch#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
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}

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    {
      "word": "highfather"
    },
    {
      "word": "paterfamilias"
    },
    {
      "word": "patriarch"
    }
  ],
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms prefixed with matri-",
    "English terms suffixed with -arch",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Elephants",
    "en:Female people"
  ],
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "matriarche"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "mother"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-archa"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "-arches",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-άρχης"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "chief"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ergʰ-",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "matri-",
        "3": "-arch"
      },
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      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). By surface analysis, matri- + -arch.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "matriarchs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "maternal"
    },
    {
      "word": "matriarchal"
    },
    {
      "word": "matriarchy"
    },
    {
      "word": "matrimony"
    },
    {
      "word": "matrimonial"
    },
    {
      "word": "matron"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.",
        "The dominant female in a family group of elephants"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "founder",
          "founder"
        ],
        [
          "enterprise",
          "enterprise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "materfamilias"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "女家長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚjiāzhǎng",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "女家长"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matriark"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aartsmoeder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "matriarko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "matriarh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ættarmóðir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "matriarkka"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarcje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maṭriarki",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "მატრიარქი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Matriarchin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "mátriárka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "matriark"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matrarc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おんなかちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onna kachō",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "女家長"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "kahurangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "amá"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matriark"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriark"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarhă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodonačálʹnica",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "родонача́льница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matriárx",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "матриа́рх"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àrd-mhàthair"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matriark"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "anaerki"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matriarch"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: French: matriarche (fr) f (1)",
  "path": [
    "matriarch"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "matriarch",
  "trace": ""
}

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