Feminine

matriz

Meaning

  1. (feminine) source; origin; mother
  2. (feminine) matrix (rectangular arrangement of numbers)
  3. (feminine) matrix (two-dimensional array)
  4. (feminine) head office
  5. (feminine) womb; uterus
  6. (feminine) mould (hollow form for shaping fluid)
  7. (feminine) engraved block of wood or medal used in printing
  8. (feminine) stencil (perforated sheet through which ink can be forced)
  9. (feminine) extracellular matrix
  10. (feminine) a church which has other churches and chapels under its jurisdiction

Opposite of
filial
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈtɾis/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin mātrīcem (“dam; womb”), from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

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