matrice
English
Etymology
From Middle English matrice, matris, from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx; compare French matrice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɹɪs/
Noun
matrice (plural matrices)
- Obsolete form of matrix.
- (rare, archaic) The womb.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for matrice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From Old French matrice, borrowed from Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem. Supplanted the older inherited forms marriz, marris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tʁis/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
matrice f (plural matrices)
- matrix
- (dated) womb, uterus
- Synonym: utérus
Further reading
- “matrice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- crémait
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtri.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Hyphenation: ma‧trì‧ce
Noun
matrice f (plural matrici)
- matrix (in all senses)
- stencil
- (figurative) origin; background
- Synonyms: causa, origine, provenienza
- stub (of a cheque/check etc.)
- Synonym: madre
Anagrams
- Mercati, camerti, certami, cremati, marcite, mercati, metrica, termica
Latin
Noun
mātrīce f
- dative singular of mātrix
Middle English
Alternative forms
- matris, matrix
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx. Doublet of maris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːˈtriːs(ə)/, /ˈmaːtris(ə)/
Noun
matrice
- (literary or medicine) womb, uterus
Descendants
- English: matrice, matrix
References
- “mātrīs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem. See also the inherited doublets marriz, marris.
Noun
matrice f (oblique plural matrices, nominative singular matrice, nominative plural matrices)
- female reproductive system
Descendants
- French: matrice
- → Middle English: matrice, matris, matrix
- English: matrice, matrix
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French matrice, Latin matrix, matricem. Doublet of the inherited mătrice.
Noun
matrice f (plural matrice)
- matrix (all senses)
- womb, uterus
Synonyms
- (womb): uter, mitră
Related terms
- mătrice
- matriță
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
matrice
- nominative plural of matrica
- genitive singular of matrica
- accusative plural of matrica
- vocative singular of matrica
- vocative plural of matrica