different between macron vs matron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (makrón), neuter form of ?????? (makrós, “long”) (English macro-).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?k?r?n, m?k?r?n, IPA^(key): /?mæk??n/, /?me?k??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?me?k??n/, /?mæk??n/
• Hyphenation: ma?cron

Noun

macron (plural macrons or macra)

1. (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]

   Antonyms: breve, micron

   Coordinate terms: solidus, vinculum

Usage notes

The plural macra is rare.

Related terms

• macro-

Translations

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “macron”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• macron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Camron, Carmon, Corman

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?.kr?n/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (makrón), neuter form of ?????? (makrós, “long”).

Noun

macron m (plural macrons, diminutive macrontje n)

1. (orthography) macron

Hypernyms

• diakriet

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.k???/

Noun

macron m (plural macrons)

1. macron

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Noun

macron m (invariable)

1. macron

English

Etymology

From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin m?tr?na (“married woman”), from m?ter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?t??n/
• Rhymes: -e?t??n

Noun

matron (plural matrons)

1. A mature or elderly woman.

   • grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother

2. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
3. A woman of staid or motherly manners.
   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

4. A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
5. A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.

6. (US) A female prison officer.

Derived terms

Related terms

• matrona
• matroneum

Translations

References

matron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Marton, Morant, Rotman, romant