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Beatrice

/ˈbɪətɹɪs/US/ˈbiətɹɪs/

Beatrice proper noun: a female given name from Latin.

Proper noun

Beatrice

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick that, in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice.Scene II
    • Petrarca had his Laura, and Dante his Beatrice, but Lorenzo has studiously concealed the name of the sovereign of his affections.1797, William Roscoe, chapter II, in The Life of Lorenzo di Medici, London
  2. A city, the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States.

Forms of Beatrice

alternative formBeats

Origin of Beatrice

Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).

Questions about Beatrice

What does Beatrice mean?
Beatrice means a female given name from Latin.
What part of speech is Beatrice?
Beatrice is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Beatrice?
Beatrice is pronounced /ˈbɪətɹɪs/ (UK).

Words near Beatrice in the dictionary

  1. beatniks
  2. Beato
  3. Beaton
  4. Beatons
  5. Beatos
  6. Beatrice
  7. Beatrix
  8. Beatriz
  9. beats
  10. beats a dead horse
  11. beats a hasty retreat

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