matrone
See also: Matrone
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin matrona, from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
matrone c (singular definite matronen, plural indefinite matroner)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of matrone
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | matrone | matronen | matroner | matronerne |
genitive | matrones | matronens | matroners | matronernes |
ReferencesEdit
- “matrone” in Den Danske Ordbog
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
matrone f (plural matrones)
Further readingEdit
- “matrone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
matrone f
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French matrone, from Latin matrona.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
matrone (plural matrones)
- A wife (especially one who doesn't transgress societal boundaries and isn't too young)
- (rare) Such a woman who can examine a man too see whether he is virile.
- (rare) Such a woman who is a saint.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “mātrọ̄ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
matrone f (oblique plural matrones, nominative singular matrone, nominative plural matrones)