matriarca

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarques)

  1. (anthropology) matriarch

Further reading

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

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

Noun

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

  1. matriarch

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]
    • (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

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

Further reading

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