matriarca

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) +‎ -arca, on the model of patriarca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.tɾiˈar.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.tɾiˈaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka

Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarques)

1. (anthropology) matriarch

Related terms

• matriarcal
• matriarcat
• patriarca

 

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

• IPA^(key): /ma.triˈar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: ma‧tri‧àr‧ca

Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarche)

1. matriarch

Related terms

• matriarcale
• matriarcato
• patriarca

 

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

• rimarcata

Occitan

Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarcas, masculine patriarca, masculine plural patriarcas)

1. matriarch

Related terms

• matriarcal
• matriarcat

 

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) +‎ -arca, on the model of patriarca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [maˈtɾjah.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [maˈtɾjah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈaɾ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈaχ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [maˈtɾjaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾiˈaɻ.ka/ [ma.tɾɪˈaɻ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /mɐˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧tri‧ar‧ca

Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarcas)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɾjaɾka/ [maˈt̪ɾjaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: ma‧triar‧ca

Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarcas)

1. matriarch

Derived terms

• matriarcado

 

Related terms

• matriarcal
• patriarca

 

Further reading

• “matriarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10