matrilocal
English
WOTD – 7 April 2008
Etymology
matri- + local
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmæ.tɹɪˈloʊ.kəl/, /ˌmæ.tɹəˈloʊ.kəl/
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Adjective
matrilocal (not comparable)
- (of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.
- (anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- uxorilocal
Antonyms
- patrilocal
Derived terms
- matrilocality
Related terms
- neolocal
- duolocal
Translations
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tʁi.lɔ.kal/
Adjective
matrilocal (feminine matrilocale, masculine plural matrilocaux, feminine plural matrilocales)
- matrilocal
Derived terms
- matrilocalité
Further reading
- “matrilocal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /matɾiloˈkal/ [ma.t̪ɾi.loˈkal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ma‧tri‧lo‧cal
Adjective
matrilocal (plural matrilocales)
- matrilocal
Derived terms
- matrilocalidad