Beatrix

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A Latinate variant of the standard English Beatrice.

Beatrix

1. A female given name from Latin.

   Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated children's books.

2. (astronomy) 83 Beatrix, a main belt asteroid; named Beatrice Portinari, the beloved of Dante Alighieri.

From Latin Beātrīx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.aː.trɪks/

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• Hyphenation: Bea‧trix

Beatrix f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Beatrice

• variants and pet forms: Beatrijs, Trix

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Beatrix f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrix or Beatrice

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Beatrix

1. Beatrix, asteroid number 83

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɒtriks]
• Hyphenation: Be‧at‧rix
• Rhymes: -iks

Beatrix

1. a female given name

From viātrīx (“female wayfarer, traveller”), altered under influence from beātus, beāta (“happy, fortunate”).

Could alternatively ascend from beō (“I bless, I gladden”) with suffix -trīx (“blessing, blissful maiden”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [beˈaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [beˈaː.t̪riks]

Beātrīx f sg (genitive Beātrīcis); third declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice

Third-declension noun, singular only.