Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matrona

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: ma-trona
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Inflected Forms

matronas (plural)

Questions

What does matrona mean?: In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.
Where does matrona come from?: Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

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