matrone

Danish

Etymology

From Latin matrona, from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matroːnə/, [maˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]

Noun

matrone c (singular definite matronen, plural indefinite matroner)

1. hefty woman

Declension

Declension of matrone

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	matrone	matronen	matroner	matronerne
genitive	matrones	matronens	matroners	matronernes

References

• “matrone” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

matrone f (plural matrones)

1. matron
2. matriarch

Further reading

• “matrone” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

matrone f

1. plural of matrona

Anagrams

• armento, materno, montare, monterà, normate, tremano

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• matroun

Etymology

From Old French matrone, from Latin matrona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtroːn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtruːn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtrɔn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtrun(ə)/

Noun

matrone (plural matrones)

1. A wife (especially one who doesn't transgress societal boundaries and isn't too young)
2. (rare) Such a woman who can examine a man too see whether he is virile.
3. (rare) Such a woman who is a saint.

Descendants

• English: matron
• Scots: matron

References

• “mātrọ̄ne, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.

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Old French

Noun

matrone f (oblique plural matrones, nominative singular matrone, nominative plural matrones)

1. senior, respectable woman

Descendants

• English: matron
• French: matrone