matriarcat
French, noun\mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\
matriarcat is spelled M-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matriarcat is a French masculine noun meaning “matriarchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Régime social où le pouvoir est exercé par les femmes, par les mères de famille”.
What does matriarcat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematriarchy
- 2
masculinematriarchate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Régime social où le pouvoir est exercé par les femmes, par les mères de famille.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matriarcat
- matriarcats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matriarcat?
- \mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matriarcat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matriarcat in French?
matriarcat appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).