noun
Meaning 1
A matriarchal system or community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
matriarchate
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UK: /ˈmeɪtɹiɑːkət/
noun
Meaning 2
The position of a matriarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: matriarchy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure
History
Etymology
From matriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a system ruled by people of such office), modeled after patriarchate.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: matriarcat — matriarchate
- Danish: matriarkat — matriarchate
- Dutch: matriarchaat — matriarchate
- Faroese: móðurveldi — matriarchate
- Finnish: matriarkaatti — matriarchate
- Finnish: äidinvalta — matriarchate
- French: matriarcat — matriarchate
- Galician: matriarcado — matriarchate
- German: Matriarchat — matriarchate
- Hindi: मातृसत्ता (mātŕsattā) — matriarchate
- Icelandic: kvennaveldi — matriarchate
- Icelandic: mæðraveldi — matriarchate
- Norwegian Bokmål: matriarkat — matriarchate
- Norwegian Nynorsk: matriarkat — matriarchate
- Portuguese: matriarcado — matriarchate
- Romanian: matriarhat — matriarchate
- Spanish: matriarcado — matriarchate
- Swedish: matriarkat — matriarchate