Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mediatrix

/ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: me-di-a-trix
IPA: /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female mediator.

noun

A bisector, the line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.

Example Sentences

"My lifes Cataſtrophe is at an end, / The Staffe whereon my ſickly Loue did leane / And which from falling (ſtill) did him defend, / Is through miſchance in ſunder broken cleane. / Gone is my Mediatrix, my beſt Aduocate, / Who vſde for me to interceſsionate."
"He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause."
"[…] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mediātrīx. By surface analysis, mediator + -trix.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/

Inflected Forms

mediatrices (plural) mediatrixes (plural)

Derived Forms

intermediatrix

Synonyms

brokeress mediatress

Questions

How do you pronounce mediatrix?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/.
What does mediatrix mean?: A female mediator.
Where does mediatrix come from?: Learned borrowing from Late Latin mediātrīx. By surface analysis, mediator + -trix.

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