natatrice
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin natātrīcem, feminine of natātor, derived from natō (“to swim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.taˈtri.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Hyphenation: na‧ta‧trì‧ce
Noun
natatrice f (plural natatrici)
- (obsolete, literary) female equivalent of natatore; (female) swimmer
- Synonym: nuotatrice
- 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered], Erasmo Viotti, Canto XV, page 355:
- Moſſer le natatrici ignude, e belle ¶ De i duo guerrieri alquanto i duri petti
- The bare, beautiful swimmers rather moved the hard chests of the two warriors
Related terms
- natante
- natare
- natatorio
- natrice
Anagrams
- antracite, cattarine, certanità, cretinata, incartate, recintata, ricantate, tranciate