Meanings
nouninventrix (plural inventrices)
plural inventrices · alternative inuentrix
- archaicA female that invents.
Trouveuſe: f. An inventrix; or a woman that findeth out.
1673, Randle Cotgrave, “Trouveuſe”, in A French and English Dictionary1 more example
Two proletariat inventrices on the way to an inventor’s congress
1997, Angelika Taschen, Roberto Ohrt, Burkhard Riemschneider, editors, Kippenberger, Taschen, →ISBN, page 218, →ISBNSynonyms: inventress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female that invents.
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Origin
- Latininventrīx
- Englishinventrix
Learned borrowing from Latin inventrīx. By surface analysis, inventor + -trix.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech vynálezkyně
- vynálezkyněa female that invents
French inventrice, trouveuse
- inventricea female that invents
- trouveusea female that invents
Italian inventrice
- inventricea female that invents
Latin inventrīx
- inventrīxa female that invents
Spanish inventora
- inventoraa female that invents
Welsh dyfeiswraig
- dyfeiswraiga female that invents
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