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inventrix

UK/ɪnˈvɛntɹɪks/

inventrix noun: a female that invents.

Noun

inventrix (plural inventrices)

  1. (archaic) A female that invents.
    • Trouveuſe: f. An inventrix; or a woman that findeth out.1673, Randle Cotgrave, “Trouveuſe”, in A French and English Dictionary
    • Two proletariat inventrices on the way to an inventor’s congress1997, Angelika Taschen, Roberto Ohrt, Burkhard Riemschneider, editors, Kippenberger, Taschen, →ISBN, page 218, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    inventress

Synonyms of inventrix

Forms of inventrix

pluralinventrices
alternative forminuentrix

Origin of inventrix

Learned borrowing from Latin inventrīx. By surface analysis, inventor + -trix.

Questions about inventrix

What does inventrix mean?
Inventrix means a female that invents.
What part of speech is inventrix?
Inventrix is a noun.
How do you pronounce inventrix?
Inventrix is pronounced /ɪnˈvɛntɹɪks/ (UK).
What is the plural of inventrix?
The plural of inventrix is inventrices.

Words near inventrix in the dictionary

  1. inventour
  2. inventours
  3. inventress
  4. inventresses
  5. inventrices
  6. inventrix
  7. invents
  8. inventurous
  9. Inver
  10. Inver Grove Heights
  11. Inver-

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