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):(file)

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.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. matrilocal

Derived terms

  • matrilocalité

Further reading

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

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