matrona

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See also: Matrona, matróna, Matroną, and matroną

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Noun

matrona (plural matronas)

  1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtrɔ.na/, /maˈtro.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔna, -ona
  • Hyphenation: ma‧trò‧na, ma‧tró‧na

Noun

matrona f (plural matrone)

  1. matron

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Related terms

Further reading

  • matrona in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • matrona in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • matrona in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • matrona in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • matròna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • matròna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother; matron”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

mātrōna f (genitive mātrōnae); first declension

  1. married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man
    Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, nūpta
    Antonym: marītus
  2. title of Juno

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mātrōna mātrōnae
Genitive mātrōnae mātrōnārum
Dative mātrōnae mātrōnīs
Accusative mātrōnam mātrōnās
Ablative mātrōnā mātrōnīs
Vocative mātrōna mātrōnae

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “matrona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “matrona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mātrōna.

Pronunciation

Noun

matrona f

  1. (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
  2. (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)

Declension

Declension of matrona
singular plural
nominative matrona matrony
genitive matrony matron
dative matronie matronom
accusative matronę matrony
instrumental matroną matronami
locative matronie matronach
vocative matrono matrony

Further reading

  • matrona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • matrona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtɾona/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: ma‧tro‧na

Noun

matrona f (plural matronas, masculine matrón, masculine plural matrones)

  1. matron
  2. midwife
    Synonyms: comadrona, partera

Further reading

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