matriarchal

English

Alternative forms

• matriarchial

Etymology

From matriarch +‎ -al.

Adjective

matriarchal (comparative more matriarchal, superlative most matriarchal)

1. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch.
2. Governed by females, rather than by males.

Synonyms

• matriarchial
• matriarchic

Coordinate terms

• patriarchal

Derived terms

• matriarchalism
• matriarchally

Related terms

• mater
• matriarch
• matriarchate
• matriarchy
• matrist
• matristic
• matristically
• matristics

 

Translations

governed by a matriarch

• Catalan: matriarcal
• Danish: matriarkal, matriarkalsk
• Dutch: matriarchaal (nl)
• Esperanto: matriarĥa, matriarka
• French: matriarcal (fr)
• Galician: matriarcal
• German: matriarchal, matriarchalisch (de), matriarchisch
• Hindi: मातृसत्ता f (mātŕsattā)
• Irish: matrarcach
• Italian: matriarcale
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: matriarkal, matriarkalsk

  Nynorsk: matriarkal, matriarkalsk

• Portuguese: matriarcal
• Spanish: matriarcal (es)
• Swedish: matriarkal (sv), matriarkalisk (sv)