matriarch

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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.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: anaxaqan — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Azerbaijani: ağbirçək — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Catalan: matriarca — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Chinese Mandarin: 女家長 /女家长 (nǚjiāzhǎng) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Corsican: matriarca — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Danish: matriark — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Dutch: aartsmoeder — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Dutch: matriarch — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Esperanto: matriarko — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Estonian: matriarh — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Faroese: ættarmóðir — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Finnish: matriarkka — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• French: matriarche — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Friulian: matriarcje — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Georgian: მატრიარქი (maṭriarki) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• German: Matriarchin — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Hindi: कुलमाता (kulmātā) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Hungarian: mátriárka — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Indonesian: matriark — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Irish: matrarc — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Italian: matriarca — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Japanese: 女家長 (onna kachō) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Māori: kahurangi — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Navajo: amá — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Norwegian Bokmål: matriark — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Norwegian Nynorsk: matriark — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Occitan: matriarca — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Portuguese: matriarca — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Romanian: matriarhă — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Russian: родонача́льница (rodonačálʹnica) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Russian: матриа́рх (matriárx) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-mhàthair — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Spanish: matriarca — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Swedish: matriark — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Turkish: anaerki — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Ukrainian: матріарх (matriárx) — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group
• Unami: nikanixit xkwe — a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group