matrice

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See also: matricé and mătrice

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English matrice, matris, from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx; compare French matrice.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French matrice, borrowed from Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem. Supplanted the older inherited forms marriz, marris.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ma.tʁis/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

matrice f (plural matrices)

  1. matrix
  2. (dated) womb, uterus
    Synonym: utérus

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maˈtri.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Syllabification: ma‧trì‧ce

Noun[edit]

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

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

mātrīce f

  1. dative singular of mātrix

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx. Doublet of maris.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maːˈtriːs(ə)/, /ˈmaːtris(ə)/

Noun[edit]

matrice

  1. (literary or medicine) womb, uterus

Descendants[edit]

  • English: matrice, matrix

References[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem. See also the inherited doublets marriz, marris.

Noun[edit]

matrice f (oblique plural matrices, nominative singular matrice, nominative plural matrices)

  1. female reproductive system

Descendants[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French matrice, Latin matrix, matricem. Doublet of the inherited mătrice.

Noun[edit]

matrice f (plural matrice)

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

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

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