matrone

From Latin matrona, from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): /matroːnə/, [maˈtˢʁ̥oːnə]

matrone c (singular definite matronen, plural indefinite matroner)

1. hefty woman

• “matrone” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

matrone f (plural matrones)

1. matron
2. matriarch

• “matrone” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

matrone f

1. plural of matrona

• armento, materno, montare, monterà, normate, tremano

• matroun

From Old French matrone, from Latin matrona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtroːn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtruːn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtrɔn(ə)/, /ˈmaːtrun(ə)/

matrone (plural matrones)

1. A wife (especially one who doesn't transgress societal boundaries and isn't too young)
2. (rare) Such a woman who can examine a man too see whether he is virile.
3. (rare) Such a woman who is a saint.

• English: matron
• Scots: matron

• “mātrọ̄ne, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.

matrone f (oblique plural matrones, nominative singular matrone, nominative plural matrones)

1. senior, respectable woman

• English: matron
• French: matrone