-triz

See also: triz

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -trīcem (“-rix; -ess”). Displaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese -driz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʃ/

Suffix

-triz f (noun-forming suffix, plural -trizes)

1. female equivalent of -dor

   Synonym: -dora

   ‎imperador (“emperor”) + ‎-triz → ‎imperatriz (“empress”)

2. female equivalent of -tor

   ‎ator (“actor”) + ‎-triz → ‎atriz (“actress”)

Further reading

• “-triz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026