# matriarca
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) +‎ -arca, on the model of patriarca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mə.tɾiˈar.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ma.tɾiˈaɾ.ka]
* Rhymes: -aɾka

### Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarques)
* (anthropology) matriarch

#### Related terms

* matriarcal
* matriarcat
* patriarca

#### Further reading

* “matriarca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “matriarca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “matriarca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) +‎ -arca, on the model of patriarca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.triˈar.ka/
* Rhymes: -arka
* Hyphenation: ma‧tri‧àr‧ca

### Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarche)
* matriarch

#### Related terms

* matriarcale
* matriarcato
* patriarca

### Further reading

* matriarca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* matriarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* matriàrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* matrïarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* rimarcata

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarcas, masculine patriarca, masculine plural patriarcas)
* matriarch

#### Related terms

* matriarcal
* matriarcat

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) +‎ -arca, on the model of patriarca.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [maˈtɾjah.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈah.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [maˈtɾjah.kɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ma.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈaɾ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ma.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/ [ma.tɾɪˈaχ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/ [maˈtɾjaχ.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ma.tɾiˈaɻ.ka/ [ma.tɾɪˈaɻ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /maˈtɾjaɻ.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ.tɾiˈaɾ.kɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /mɐˈtɾjaɾ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
* Hyphenation: ma‧tri‧ar‧ca

### Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarcas)
* matriarch (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)

### Further reading

* “matriarca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “matriarca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “matriarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “matriarca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “matriarca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “matriarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) +‎ -arca, on the model of patriarca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈtɾjaɾka/ [maˈt̪ɾjaɾ.ka]
* Rhymes: -aɾka
* Syllabification: ma‧triar‧ca

### Noun

matriarca f (plural matriarcas)
* matriarch

#### Derived terms

* matriarcado

#### Related terms

* matriarcal
* patriarca

#### Further reading

* “matriarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10