adj
Meaning 1
Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
matriarchal
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adj
Meaning 2
Governed by females, rather than by males.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
characteristic of a matriarchy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: patriarchal
History
Etymology
From matriarch + -al.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: matriarcal — governed by a matriarch
- Danish: matriarkal — governed by a matriarch
- Danish: matriarkalsk — governed by a matriarch
- Dutch: matriarchaal — governed by a matriarch
- Esperanto: matriarka — governed by a matriarch
- French: matriarcal — governed by a matriarch
- Galician: matriarcal — governed by a matriarch
- German: matriarchal — governed by a matriarch
- German: matriarchalisch — governed by a matriarch
- German: matriarchisch — governed by a matriarch
- Hindi: मातृसत्ता (mātŕsattā) — governed by a matriarch
- Irish: matrarcach — governed by a matriarch
- Italian: matriarcale — governed by a matriarch
- Norwegian Bokmål: matriarkal — governed by a matriarch
- Norwegian Bokmål: matriarkalsk — governed by a matriarch
- Norwegian Nynorsk: matriarkal — governed by a matriarch
- Norwegian Nynorsk: matriarkalsk — governed by a matriarch
- Portuguese: matriarcal — governed by a matriarch
- Spanish: matriarcal — governed by a matriarch
- Swedish: matriarkal — governed by a matriarch
- Swedish: matriarkalisk — governed by a matriarch