女族長

女族長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	族	長
おんな Grade: 1	ぞく Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2

Etymology

Compound of 女 (onna, “woman”) +‎ 族長 (zokuchō, “head of a clan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [õ̞nːa̠ d͡zo̞kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

女族長 (hiragana おんなぞくちょう, rōmaji onna zokuchō)

1. a matriarch, the female head of a family or clan

Synonyms

• 女家長 (おんなかちょう) (onnakachō)

See also

• 族長 (ぞくちょう) (zokuchō): the head of a family or clan
• 家 (か)長 (ちょう) (kachō): the head of a household, a householder