matriz

Learned borrowing from Latin mātrīcem (“dam; womb”), from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

• Hyphenation: ma‧triz

matriz f (plural matrizes)

1. source; origin; mother
2. (mathematics) matrix (rectangular arrangement of numbers)
3. (computing) matrix (two-dimensional array)
4. head office

   Antonym: filial

5. (anatomy) womb; uterus
6. mould (hollow form for shaping fluid)
7. engraved block of wood or medal used in printing
8. stencil (perforated sheet through which ink can be forced)
9. (cytology) extracellular matrix
10. a church which has other churches and chapels under its jurisdiction

• (source; origin): causa, fonte, manancial, origem, princípio
• (two-dimensional array): vetor bidimensional
• (head office): sede
• (womb): madre, útero
• (mould): molde
• (stencil): estêncil
• (extracellular matrix): matriz extracelular
• (church with other churches under its jurisdiction): igreja matriz

• matri-
• matricial
• matrizar
• matrizeiro

Borrowed from Latin mātrīcem, from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɾiθ/ [maˈt̪ɾiθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maˈtɾis/ [maˈt̪ɾis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧triz

matriz f (plural matrices)

1. (anatomy) uterus

   Synonym: útero

2. (business) head office or store

   Synonym: sede

3. (mathematics) matrix
4. (computing) matrix

   Synonym: vector bidimensional

5. (geology) matrix
6. origin, source

   Synonyms: fuente, origen

7. (tools) mold

   Synonym: molde

8. (tools) nut

   Synonym: tuerca

• “matriz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024