Dictionary

matriarchal en · ADJ

Etymology

From matriarch + -al.

Meanings

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

Forms

Coordinates

patriarchal

Deriveds

matriarchally · matriarchalism

Relateds

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

Synonyms

matriarchial · matriarchic

Translations (21)

da matriarkal (governed by a matriarch) · da matriarkalsk (governed by a matriarch) · de matriarchal (governed by a matriarch) · sv matriarkal (governed by a matriarch) · de matriarchalisch (governed by a matriarch) · fr matriarcal (governed by a matriarch) · de matriarchisch (governed by a matriarch) · nn matriarkal (governed by a matriarch) · ca matriarcal (governed by a matriarch) · nb matriarkalsk (governed by a matriarch) · hi मातृसत्ता (governed by a matriarch) · es matriarcal (governed by a matriarch) · ga matrarcach (governed by a matriarch) · nl matriarchaal (governed by a matriarch) · sv matriarkalisk (governed by a matriarch) · nn matriarkalsk (governed by a matriarch) · it matriarcale (governed by a matriarch) · gl matriarcal (governed by a matriarch) · eo matriarka (governed by a matriarch) · nb matriarkal (governed by a matriarch) · pt matriarcal (governed by a matriarch)