Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assassinatrix

/əsæsɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-sas-sin-a-trix
IPA: /əsæsɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female assassin.

Example Sentences

"The young Socialists had glorified Vera Sassoulitsch, the Russian would-be assassinatrix."
"[T]he Bride tracks down [David] Carradine's Bill—leader, mentor and more to this unstoppable assassinatrix."
"Having appeared with Jason [Statham] in Lock, Stock [and Two Smoking Barrels], Snatch and Mean Machine didn't necessarily qualify Jason Flemyng to play the hapless Russian villain Dimitri, while Kate Nauta's role as an evil assassinatrix dressed only in bra, pants, suspenders and high heels teetered from the initially sexy to the rudely ridiculous."

Etymology

From Latin assassinatrix. By surface analysis, assassinate + -trix.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: assassinatrix

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /əsæsɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

Inflected Forms

assassinatrices (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

assassin assassinate assassination assassinator

Synonyms

assassinatress

Questions

How do you pronounce assassinatrix?: The recorded pronunciation is /əsæsɪˈneɪtɹɪks/.
What does assassinatrix mean?: A female assassin.
Where does assassinatrix come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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