matrone

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

• IPA^(key): /matroːnə/, [maˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]

matrone c (singular definite matronen, plural indefinite matroner)

1. hefty woman

• “matrone” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

matrone f (plural matrones)

1. matron
2. matriarch

• “matrone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /maˈtrɔ.ne/, /maˈtro.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɔne, -one
• Hyphenation: ma‧trò‧ne, ma‧tró‧ne

matrone f

1. plural of matrona

• armento, materno, montare, monterà, normate, ormante, tremano

• matroun

From Old French matrone, from Latin matrona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtroːn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtruːn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtrɔn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtrun(ə)/

matrone (plural matrones)

1. A wife (especially one who doesn't transgress societal boundaries and isn't too young)
2. (rare) Such a woman who can examine a man too see whether he is virile.
3. (rare) Such a woman who is a saint.

• → English: matron
• → Scots: matron

• “mātrọ̄ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 March 2019.

matrone oblique singular, f (oblique plural matrones, nominative singular matrone, nominative plural matrones)

1. senior, respectable woman

• → English: matron
• French: matrone
• Norman: (Jersey) matronne