-triz

See also: triz

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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”)
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