matriarca
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) + -arca, on the model of patriarca.
Pronunciation
Noun
matriarca f (plural matriarques)
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Further reading
- “matriarca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “matriarca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “matriarca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) + -arca, on the model of patriarca.
Pronunciation
Noun
matriarca f (plural matriarche)
Related terms
Further reading
- matriarca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- matriarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- matriàrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- matrïarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
matriarca f (plural matriarcas, masculine patriarca, masculine plural patriarcas)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) + -arca, on the model of patriarca.
Pronunciation
Noun
matriarca f (plural matriarcas)
- matriarch (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Further reading
- “matriarca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “matriarca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “matriarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “matriarca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “matriarca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “matriarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) + -arca, on the model of patriarca.
Pronunciation
Noun
matriarca f (plural matriarcas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “matriarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16