See also: matricé and mătrice

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Etymology

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From Middle English matrice, matris, from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx; compare French matrice.

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matrice (plural matrices)

  1. Obsolete form of matrix.
  2. (rare, archaic) The womb.

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French

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Inherited from Old French matrice, borrowed from Latin mātrīcem. Supplanted the older inherited forms marriz, marris.

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matrice f (plural matrices)

  1. matrix
  2. (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)
  3. (dated) womb, uterus
    Synonym: utérus

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin mātrīcem, mātrīcem.

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  • IPA(key): /maˈtri.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Hyphenation: ma‧trì‧ce

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matrice f (plural matrici)

  1. matrix (in all senses)
  2. stencil
  3. (figurative) origin; background
    Synonyms: causa, origine, provenienza
  4. stub (of a cheque/check etc.)
    Synonym: madre

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Latin

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Noun

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mātrīce f

  1. ablative singular of mātrix

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx. Doublet of maris.

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  • IPA(key): /maːˈtriːs(ə)/, /ˈmaːtris(ə)/

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matrice

  1. (literary or medicine) womb, uterus

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Old French

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Borrowed from Latin mātrīx, mātrīcem. See also the inherited doublets marriz, marris.

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matrice oblique singularf (oblique plural matrices, nominative singular matrice, nominative plural matrices)

  1. female reproductive system

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French matrice, Latin matrix, matricem. Doublet of the inherited mătrice.

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matrice f (plural matrice)

  1. matrix (all senses)
  2. womb, uterus
    Synonyms: uter, mitră
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Serbo-Croatian

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matrice

  1. nominative plural of matrica
  2. genitive singular of matrica
  3. accusative plural of matrica
  4. vocative singular of matrica
  5. vocative plural of matrica

Spanish

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Verb

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matrice

  1. inflection of matrizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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