different between matrimonial vs matriarch

English

Etymology

From Middle French matrimonial, also matrimony +? -al

Adjective

matrimonial (comparative more matrimonial, superlative most matrimonial)

1. Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage.

   Synonym: marital

Translations

Noun

matrimonial (plural matrimonials)

1. (chiefly India) A classified advertisement describing an individual who wishes to find a marriage partner.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?trim?ni?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.t?i.mo.ni?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.t?i.mu.ni?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.t?i.mo.ni?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

matrimonial (masculine and feminine plural matrimonials)

1. matrimonial

Related terms

• matrimoni

Further reading

• “matrimonial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “matrimonial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “matrimonial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “matrimonial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

matrimonial (feminine singular matrimoniale, masculine plural matrimoniaux, feminine plural matrimoniales)

1. matrimonial

Derived terms

• assortiment matrimonial
• distance matrimoniale

Further reading

• “matrimonial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French matrimonial

Adjective

matrimonial m or n (feminine singular matrimonial?, masculine plural matrimoniali, feminine and neuter plural matrimoniale)

1. matrimonial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin m?trim?ni?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat?imo?njal/, [ma.t??i.mo?njal]

Adjective

matrimonial (plural matrimoniales)

1. matrimonial
2. (relational) marriage

Derived terms

• agencia matrimonial
• cama matrimonial
• lecho matrimonial (“marriage bed”)
• voto matrimonial

Related terms

• matrimonio

Further reading

• “matrimonial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

1. matriarch

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