matrilineal
Spanish, adjective/matɾilineˈal/
matrilineal is spelled M-A-T-R-I-L-I-N-E-A-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matrilineal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “matrilineal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does matrilineal mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of matrilineal
- matrilineales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matrilineal?
- /matɾilineˈal/
- [ma.t̪ɾi.li.neˈal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matrilineal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matrilineal in Spanish?
matrilineal appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).