"matrilineal" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "patrilineal"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "matri",
        "3": "lineal"
      },
      "expansion": "matri- + lineal",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From matri- + lineal.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "matrilineal (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with matri-",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anthropology",
          "orig": "en:Anthropology",
          "parents": [
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "en:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "matrilineally"
        },
        {
          "word": "matrilineality"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:",
          "text": "Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tracing descent only through female ancestors."
      ],
      "id": "en-matrilineal-en-adj-2ET-T06N",
      "links": [
        [
          "anthropology",
          "anthropology"
        ],
        [
          "descent",
          "descent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "matrilateral"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anthropology",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "po majčina linija",
          "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
          "word": "по майчина линия"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
          "word": "matrilineaarinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
          "word": "matrilinéaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
          "word": "matrilineare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
          "word": "matrilineal"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
          "word": "matrilineal"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "matrilineality"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmeɪtɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmætɹɪ-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matrilineal"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "patrilineal"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "matrilineally"
    },
    {
      "word": "matrilineality"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "matri",
        "3": "lineal"
      },
      "expansion": "matri- + lineal",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From matri- + lineal.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "matrilineal (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "matrilateral"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English 5-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Anthropology",
        "en:Family"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:",
          "text": "Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tracing descent only through female ancestors."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anthropology",
          "anthropology"
        ],
        [
          "descent",
          "descent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anthropology",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "matrilineality"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmeɪtɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmætɹɪ-/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "po majčina linija",
      "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
      "word": "по майчина линия"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
      "word": "matrilineaarinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
      "word": "matrilinéaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
      "word": "matrilineare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
      "word": "matrilineal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Tracing descent only through female ancestors",
      "word": "matrilineal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matrilineal"
}