atriz

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• actriz (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āctrīcem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈtɾiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtɾiʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Homophone: atris
• Hyphenation: a‧triz

Noun

atriz f (plural atrizes)

1. actress (female equivalent of ator)

Related terms

• ator (“actor”)

Further reading

• “atriz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “atriz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026