creatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin creātrīx. By surface analysis, create +‎ -trix.

Noun

creatrix (plural creatrixes or creatrices)

1. (rare) A female creator.

Synonyms

• creatress

References

• “creatrix, *n.*”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From creō, creātum (“create, make”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kreˈaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kreˈaː.triks]

Noun

creātrīx f (genitive creātrīcis, masculine creātor); third declension

1. A female who brings forth or produces; a mother.
2. A female founder, authoress, creatrix.

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