Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conductrix

/kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-duc-trix
IPA: /kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female conductor; a woman who conducts.

Example Sentences

"Oberlin recruited teachers — whom he called “conductrices” — to sit among small groups of children and encourage language interaction through storytelling and start-up points for art and small construction projects, while the conductrices completed their knitting."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin conductrīx. By surface analysis, conduct + -trix.

Inflected Forms

conductrices (plural)

Synonyms

conductress

Questions

How do you pronounce conductrix?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒnˈdʌktɹɪks/.
What does conductrix mean?: A female conductor; a woman who conducts.
Where does conductrix come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin conductrīx. By surface analysis, conduct + -trix.

How to pronounce conductrix

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