Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

materfamilias

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mater-fa-mil-ias
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The female head of a household.

Example Sentences

"The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal of the housework, and even open the front door on occasion."
"That my old-country materfamilias is actually Chinese--Mandarin Chinese, yet--is a negligible discrepancy."
"Anyway, attendees for the hen weekend included fellow astronaut Katy Perry, the two most prestigious Kardashians – Kim and materfamilias Kris Jenner – as well as Eva Longoria, who travelled onward to Cannes to present Lauren with last night’s humanitarian award."

Etymology

From Latin māter familiās (“mother of the household”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: māter familiās

Inflected Forms

materfamiliases (plural) matresfamilias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

paterfamilias

Synonyms

matriarch

Questions

What does materfamilias mean?: The female head of a household.
Where does materfamilias come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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