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amatrice

amatrice noun: a female amateur. Also the alternative form of amatrix.

Noun

amatrice (plural amatrices)

  1. (rare) A female amateur.
    • An amatrice, who practised in the fine arts, flourished at Venice at the date of 1780.1824, Thomas Dodd, The Connoisseur’s Repertory; or, A Biographical History of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects, […], volume 6
    • Madame du Châtelet also wrote on physics, but at best she was only an amatrice in science.1923, David Eugene Smith, “France”, in History of Mathematics, volume I (General Survey of the History of Elementary Mathematics), Ginn and Company, page 478
    Synonyms:
    amateuse

Also used as

amatrice is also the alternative form of amatrix.

Synonyms of amatrice

Forms of amatrice

pluralamatrices

Origin of amatrice

From French amatrice, female equivalent of amateur.

Questions about amatrice

What does amatrice mean?
Amatrice means a female amateur.
What part of speech is amatrice?
Amatrice is a noun.
What is the plural of amatrice?
The plural of amatrice is amatrices.

Words near amatrice in the dictionary

  1. amatorious
  2. amatory
  3. Amatos
  4. amatoxin
  5. amatoxins
  6. amatrice
  7. amatrices
  8. amatriciana
  9. Amatsumara
  10. amatuer
  11. Amatullah

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