matriarchic

1. 1.

   (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line

   Similarmatriarchal

Questions about matriarchic

What does matriarchic mean?

matriarchic means "(of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line".

How many syllables are in matriarchic?

matriarchic has 4 syllables: ma-tri-ar-chic. The stress falls on "ar".

Is matriarchic a common word?

matriarchic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.