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-trices

Syllables: -tri·ces/-ˈtɹɪ.siːz/US/-ˈtɹɪ.siz/

-trices is the plural of -trix.

Meaning of -trix

Suffix

-trix (noun-forming suffix, plural -trices or -trixes)

  1. (dated, plural usually -trices) Found on the end of words, chiefly female agent nouns.
  2. (plural usually -trixes) Forms nouns defining women who engage in specific forms of sexual dominance (by analogy with dominatrix)

Origin of -trices

Borrowed from Latin -trīcēs.

Words that rhyme with -trices

Questions about -trices

What is -trices the plural of?
-trices is the plural of -trix.
How do you pronounce -trices?
-trices is pronounced /-ˈtɹɪ.siːz/ (UK).

Words near -trices in the dictionary

  1. -toxa-
  2. -trakinra
  3. -traline
  4. -treme
  5. -trexate
  6. -trices
  7. -trigine
  8. -tripsy
  9. -trix
  10. -trixes
  11. -troch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -trices (page history and authors); -trix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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