Great-Grandma is the undisputed matriarch of our family.
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Matriarch
//ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk//
Synonyms for "matriarch" (74 found)
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35 translations across 32 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- anaxaqan noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
- ağbirçək noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Catalan
1 entries- matriarca noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 女家長 /女家长 noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Corsican
1 entries- matriarca noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Danish
1 entries- matriark noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Dutch
2 entries- aartsmoeder noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
- matriarch noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Esperanto
1 entries- matriarko noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Estonian
1 entries- matriarh noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Faroese
1 entries- ættarmóðir noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Finnish
1 entries- matriarkka noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
French
1 entries- matriarche noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Friulian
1 entries- matriarcje noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Georgian
1 entries- მატრიარქი noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
German
1 entries- Matriarchin noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Hungarian
1 entries- mátriárka noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Indonesian
1 entries- matriark noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Irish
1 entries- matrarc noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Italian
1 entries- matriarca noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Japanese
1 entries- 女家長 noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Māori
1 entries- kahurangi noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Navajo
1 entries- amá noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- matriark noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- matriark noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Occitan
1 entries- matriarca noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Portuguese
1 entries- matriarca noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Romanian
1 entries- matriarhă noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Russian
2 entries- матриа́рх noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
- родонача́льница noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àrd-mhàthair noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Spanish
1 entries- matriarca noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Swedish
1 entries- matriark noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Turkish
1 entries- anaerki noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Ukrainian
1 entries- матріарх noun (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Mary was the matriarch of the family who lived on the farm for five generations.
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Mary was the matriarch of the family who lived on the homestead for five generations.
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The giant panda matriarch came out of her den to find a slushy ice cake made with applesauce and filled with chunks of apples, carrots and yams.
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