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inspectrix

Syllables: in·spec·trix/ɪnˈspɛk.tɹɪks/

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New Zealand/ənˈspek.tɹəks/

inspectrix is the female equivalent of inspector.

Meaning of inspector

Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

  1. A person employed to inspect something.
    • Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no...2013 July 1, Peter Wilby, quoting Pasi Sahlberg, “Finland's education ambassador spreads the word”, in The Guardian, volume 189, number 6, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
  2. A police officer ranking below superintendent.
  3. A software tool used to examine something.
    • Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…].2011, Adam McDaniel, HTML5, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166

Synonyms of inspectrix

Forms of inspectrix

pluralinspectrices

Origin of inspectrix

Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnspectrīx. First attested in 1715. By surface analysis, inspector + -trix.

Words that rhyme with inspectrix

Questions about inspectrix

What is inspectrix the female equivalent of?
Inspectrix is the female equivalent of inspector.
How do you pronounce inspectrix?
Inspectrix is pronounced /ɪnˈspɛk.tɹɪks/ (UK).

Words near inspectrix in the dictionary

  1. inspectour
  2. inspectours
  3. inspectress
  4. inspectresses
  5. inspectrices
  6. inspectrix
  7. inspects
  8. inspects the plumbing
  9. insperse
  10. insperses
  11. inspersion

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