Dictionary

matrilocal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌmæ.tɹɪˈloʊ.kəl/ (US)
• /ˌmæ.tɹəˈloʊ.kəl/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin māterder. English matri- English local English matrilocal From matri- + local.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.
2. (not-comparable, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.
   • In barring the way, he is enacting a ritual which demands that the new way of patrilocal marriage pay its respect to the more ancient way of matrilocal marriage. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:

Antonyms

patrilocal

Deriveds

matrilocally · matrilocality

Relateds

duolocal · neolocal

Synonyms

uxorilocal

Translations (4)

io matrilokala (Translations) · it matrilocale (Translations) · es matrilocal (Translations) · fr matrilocal (Translations)