Meanings
nountranslatress (plural translatresses)
plural translatresses · alternative translatoress
- rareA woman who translates.
[…] I shall forbear to speak of the incomparable worth and pregnant parts of some Gentlewomen lately deceased, as Mrs. Philips the ingenious Translatress of Pompey, &c. since what is extant of hers, or her Contemporaries will more at large express their matchless merit;
1673, Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewomans Companion, London: Dorman Newman, page 30
Origin
Translations
Dutch vertaalster
- vertaalsterA woman who translates
French traductrice
- traductriceA woman who translates
Romanian traducătoare, translatoare
- traducătoareA woman who translates
- translatoareA woman who translates
- interpretăA woman who translates
Spanish traductora
- traductoraA woman who translates
Cite this entry
APA
translatress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translatress
MLA
“translatress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translatress. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “translatress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translatress.
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