Enate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enate is a noun meaning A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
Meaning
A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
More Meanings
- Any maternal female relative.
- Related to someone by female connections.
- Related on the maternal side of the family.
- (linguistics) Having identical grammatical structure (but with elements that are semantically different).
- Growing out.
Example Sentences
A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother.
Similarly, since the wearing of a sawat is importantly informed by matrilineal group membership — an enate of the deceased cannot wear a sawat — it would be an error to assume that matrilineal group membership is necessarily salient in explaining the behavior of a social actor.
Word Forms
- enates
Synonyms for enate
Depending on context, synonyms include enatic, related, maternal, matrikin, matrisib.
Antonyms for enate
Common opposites include agnate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enatic, matrikin, maternal, related, matrisib, agnate.
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