-trix
/-tɹɪks/
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New Zealand/-tɹəks/
-trix suffix: found on the end of words, chiefly female agent nouns.
Suffix
-trix (noun-forming suffix, plural -trices or -trixes)
- Found on the end of words, chiefly female agent nouns.
- Forms nouns defining women who engage in specific forms of sexual dominance (by analogy with dominatrix)
Synonyms of -trix
Forms of -trix
| plural | -trices |
|---|---|
| plural | -trixes |
Origin of -trix
Learned borrowing from Latin -trīx, -trīcis.
Words formed from -trix
- Most of these derived terms were borrowed directly from Latin
- rather than formed in English
- advotrix
- alienatrix
- amatrix
- ambulatrix
- assestrix
- cantatrix
- causatrix
- co-executrix
- compilatrix
- concionatrix
- concitatrix
- confessatrix
- congregatrix
- consultrix
- co-operatrix
- dedicatrix
- devoratrix
- dispositrix
- divinatrix
- educatrix
- embassatrix
- expenditrix
- explicatrix
- expugnatrix
- fabricatrix
- insultatrix
- interpolatrix
- lavatrix
- liberatrix
- novatrix
- observatrix
- perspectrix
- perturbatrix
- pontificatrix
- praetrix
- prætrix
- premeditatrix
- preservatrix
- projectrix
- pulveratrix
- reconciliatrix
- regulatrix
- renovatrix
- sarcomatrix
- sequestratrix
- sermocinatrix
- syntractrix
- triumphatrix
- writrix
Words that rhyme with -trix
Questions about -trix
- What does -trix mean?
- -trix means found on the end of words, chiefly female agent nouns.
- What part of speech is -trix?
- -trix is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -trix?
- -trix is pronounced /-tɹɪks/ (UK).
Words near -trix in the dictionary
Source and license
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