English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (matron), from māter (mother; matron). Doublet of matron.

Noun

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matrona (plural matronas)

  1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin mātrōna (matron), from māter (mother; matron).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈtrɔ.na/, /maˈtro.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔna, -ona
  • Hyphenation: ma‧trò‧na, ma‧tró‧na

Noun

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matrona f (plural matrone)

  1. matron

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Further reading

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  • matrona in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • matrona in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • matrona in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • matrona in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • matròna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • matròna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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From an unattested *mātrō, -ōnis + -a, from māter (mother, foremother) + ((colloquial) agent noun-forming suffix). Compare colōnus and avunculus. See also patrōnus.

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mātrōna f (genitive mātrōnae); first declension

  1. married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man
    Synonyms: coniūnx, uxor, mulier, nūpta
    Antonym: marītus
  2. title of Juno

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mātrōna mātrōnae
genitive mātrōnae mātrōnārum
dative mātrōnae mātrōnīs
accusative mātrōnam mātrōnās
ablative mātrōnā mātrōnīs
vocative mātrōna mātrōnae

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References

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  • matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • matrona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • matrona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin mātrōna.

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matrona f

  1. (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
  2. (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)

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Further reading

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  • matrona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • matrona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (matron), from māter (mother; matron).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈtɾona/ [maˈt̪ɾo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: ma‧tro‧na

Noun

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matrona f (plural matronas, masculine matrón, masculine plural matrones)

  1. matron
  2. midwife
    Synonyms: comadrona, partera

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