matrilocal

English

WOTD – 7 April 2008

Etymology

From matri- +‎ local.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmæ.tɹɪˈloʊ.kəl/, /ˌmæ.tɹəˈloʊ.kəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

matrilocal (not comparable)

1. (of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.
2. (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.

Synonyms

• uxorilocal

Antonyms

• patrilocal

Derived terms

• matrilocality

Related terms

• neolocal
• duolocal

Translations

Translations

• French: matrilocal (fr) m
• Italian: matrilocale ?
• Spanish: matrilocal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁi.lɔ.kal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

matrilocal (feminine matrilocale, masculine plural matrilocaux, feminine plural matrilocales)

1. 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural matrilocales)

1. matrilocal

Derived terms

• matrilocalidad