Definitions For Patrilocal

Adjective

(not comparable) (of a married couple) living with the family of the husband. (anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the husband's family.

Synonyms

virilocal

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, peh₂}} patri + local

See also

matrilocal, uxorilocal neolocal duolocal

Anagrams

allopatric

Is Patrilocal a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Patrilocal is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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