matrona

See also: Matrona, matróna, Matroną, and matroną

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Noun

matrona (plural matronas)

1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Anagrams

• Maranto, Montara

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtrɔ.na/, /maˈtro.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna, -ona
• Hyphenation: ma‧trò‧na, ma‧tró‧na

Noun

matrona f (plural matrone)

1. matron

Derived terms

• matronessa

Related terms

• matronale

Further reading

• “matrona”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “matrona” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “matrona” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “matrona” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “matròna” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “matròna”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• marnato, normata, tarmano, tramano

Latin

Etymology

From māter, mātris. Built according to the analogy of patrōnus (“a protector, patron”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maːˈtroː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈtrɔː.na]

Noun

mātrōna f (genitive mātrōnae); first declension

1. married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man

   Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, nūpta

   Antonym: marītus

2. title of Juno

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mātrōna	mātrōnae
genitive	mātrōnae	mātrōnārum
dative	mātrōnae	mātrōnīs
accusative	mātrōnam	mātrōnās
ablative	mātrōnā	mātrōnīs
vocative	mātrōna	mātrōnae

Derived terms

• mātrōnālis
• mātrōnātus

Related terms

• māter
• mātercula
• māterfamiliās
• māternitās
• māternus
• mātertera
• mātrālis
• mātrēscō
• mātrīcālis
• mātricīda
• mātricīdium
• mātrīcula
• mātrīculārius
• mātrimōniālis
• mātrimōnium
• mātrimus
• mātrīx
• mātruēlis

Descendants

• Catalan: matrona
• English: matron, matrona
• French: matrone
• Italian: matrona
• Polish: matrona
• Portuguese: matrona
• Romanian: matroană
• Russian: матрона (matrona)
• Sicilian: matruna
• Spanish: matrona

References

• “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "matrona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “matrona”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “matrona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “matrona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Italic *mātēr

Latin māter, mātris

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Latin patrōnusinflu.

Latin mātrōnalbor.

Polish matrona

Learned borrowing from Latin mātrōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtrɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: ma‧tro‧na
• Homophone: Matrona

Noun

matrona f

1. (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
2. (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)

Declension

Declension of matrona

	singular	plural
nominative	matrona	matrony
genitive	matrony	matron
dative	matronie	matronom
accusative	matronę	matrony
instrumental	matroną	matronami
locative	matronie	matronach
vocative	matrono	matrony

Further reading

• “matrona”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “matrona”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• madrona

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɾona/ [maˈt̪ɾo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: ma‧tro‧na

Noun

matrona f (plural matronas, masculine matrón, masculine plural matrones)

1. matron; female head of household

   Synonym: madre de familia

2. midwife

   Synonyms: comadrona, partera

Further reading

• “matrona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025