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matrilingual

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /mætɹɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌmætɹɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/
  • rhymes with -ɪŋɡwəl

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to one's mother tongue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From matri- (prefix meaning ‘mother’) + lingual (“related to language or linguistics”).