How to pronounce matriarch
American English pronunciation
MAY-tree-ark
- IPA
- /ˈmeɪtɹiˌɑɹk/
- Syllables
- MAY · tree · ark (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What matriarch means
The woman who leads a family or group
In a sentence: Great-Grandma is the matriarch of our family, and everyone listens when she speaks.
Where it comes from: It joins a Latin word for mother with a Greek word for a chief or ruler.
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