matrice

See also: matricé and mătrice

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)

1. Obsolete form of matrix.
2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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/

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Noun

matrice f (plural matrices)

1. matrix
2. (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
• Syllabification: ma‧trì‧ce

Noun

matrice f (plural matrici)

1. matrix (in all senses)
2. stencil
3. (figurative) origin; background

   Synonyms: causa, origine, provenienza

4. stub (of a cheque/check etc.)

   Synonym: madre

Anagrams

• Mercati, camerti, certami, cremati, marcite, mercati, metrica, termica

Latin

Noun

mātrīce f

1. 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

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. matrix (all senses)
2. womb, uterus

Synonyms

• (womb): uter, mitră

Related terms

• mătrice
• matriță

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

matrice

1. nominative plural of matrica
2. genitive singular of matrica
3. accusative plural of matrica
4. vocative singular of matrica
5. vocative plural of matrica