conductrix
/kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks/
conductrix noun: a female conductor; a woman who conducts.
Noun
conductrix (plural conductrices)
- A female conductor; a woman who conducts.
- Oberlin recruited teachers — whom he called “conductrices” — to sit among small groups of children and encourage language interaction through storytelling and start-up points for art and small construction projects, while the conductrices completed their knitting.1999, Harry Morgan, The Imagination of Early Childhood Education, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 21
- Synonyms:
- conductress
Synonyms of conductrix
Forms of conductrix
| plural | conductrices |
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Origin of conductrix
Learned borrowing from Latin conductrīx. By surface analysis, conduct + -trix.
Questions about conductrix
- What does conductrix mean?
- Conductrix means a female conductor; a woman who conducts.
- What part of speech is conductrix?
- Conductrix is a noun.
- How do you pronounce conductrix?
- Conductrix is pronounced /kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks/.
- What is the plural of conductrix?
- The plural of conductrix is conductrices.
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