matrice
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)
References
- “matrice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French matrice, borrowed from Latin mātrīcem. Supplanted the older inherited forms marriz, marris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tʁis/
- Hyphenation: ma‧trice
Noun
matrice f (plural matrices)
- matrix
- (mathematics) matrix (rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory)
- (dated) womb, uterus
- Synonym: utérus
Descendants
- → German: Matrize
Further reading
- “matrice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mātrīcem, mātrīcem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtri.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Hyphenation: ma‧trì‧ce
Noun
matrice f (plural matrici)
- matrix (in all senses)
- stencil
- (figurative) origin; background
- Synonyms: causa, origine, provenienza
- stub (of a cheque/check etc.)
- Synonym: madre
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
mātrīce f
- ablative singular of mātrix
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx. Doublet of maris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːˈtriːs(ə)/, /ˈmaːtris(ə)/
Noun
matrice
Descendants
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 oblique singular, f (oblique plural matrices, nominative singular matrice, nominative plural matrices)
- female reproductive system
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French matrice, Latin matrix, matricem. Doublet of the inherited mătrice.
Noun
matrice f (plural matrice)
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
matrice
- nominative plural of matrica
- genitive singular of matrica
- accusative plural of matrica
- vocative singular of matrica
- vocative plural of matrica
Spanish
Verb
matrice
- inflection of matrizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative