different between matriarch vs dynasty

English

Etymology

Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin m?ter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -????? (-árkh?s), from ????? (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?erg?- (“to begin, rule, command”). Surface analysis matri- +? -arch.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me?t?????k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?t(?)?i??k/

Noun

matriarch (plural matriarchs)

1. A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
   1. The dominant female in a family group of elephants
2. A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

Synonyms

• materfamilias

Antonyms

• highfather
• paterfamilias
• patriarch

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Pronunciation

Noun

matriarch f (plural matriarchen, diminutive matriarchje n, masculine patriarch)

1. matriarch

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English

Etymology

From Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?da?n?sti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?n?sti/

Noun

dynasty (plural dynasties)

1. A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

   Synonyms: house, lineage

2. (East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.

3. (sports) A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.

Derived terms

• dynastic
• dynastically

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