matrilinéaire
French, adjective\ma.tʁi.li.ne.ɛʁ\
matrilinéaire is spelled M-A-T-R-I-L-I-N-É-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matrilinéaire is a French adjective meaning “matrilinear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au système de filiation dans lequel chacun relève du lignage de sa mère”.
What does matrilinéaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
matrilinear
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au système de filiation dans lequel chacun relève du lignage de sa mère.
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 matrilinéaire
- matrilinéaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matrilinéaire?
- \ma.tʁi.li.ne.ɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matrilinéaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matrilinéaire in French?
matrilinéaire appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).