"matriarch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/ [UK], /ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matriarch.wav 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”), {{der|en|grc|-άρχης}} Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), {{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: 5 88 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -arch, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Corsican translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 57 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arch: 13 62 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 74 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 78 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Corsican translations: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 78 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 19 64 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 19 64 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 75 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 16 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 64 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 78 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 57 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 80 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 80 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 68 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 67 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 11 74 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 63 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 60 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 80 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 81 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 66 17
  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), матріарх (matriárx) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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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    },
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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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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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      "word": "matrarc"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "matriarca"
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    {
      "_dis1": "44 44 12",
      "alt": "おんなかちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onna kachō",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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      "word": "matriarca"
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      "word": "女家長"
    },
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      "word": "女家长"
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      "word": "matriarca"
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      "word": "matriark"
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      "word": "matriarko"
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      "word": "matriarh"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ættarmóðir"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "matriarkka"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarche"
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      "code": "fur",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "matriarcje"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "maṭriarki",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "მატრიარქი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "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"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "word": "amá"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "matriark"
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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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      "word": "matriark"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "matriarca"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "rodonačálʹnica",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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      ],
      "word": "матриа́рх"
    },
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriarca"
    },
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      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "matriárx",
      "sense": "a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матріарх"
    }
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}

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