different between matron vs matrona

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?tr?na (“matron”), from m?ter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Noun

matrona (plural matronas) (historical)

1. In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

Anagrams

• Maranto, Montara

Italian

Etymology

From Latin m?tr?na (“matron”), from m?ter (“mother; matron”).

Noun

matrona f (plural matrone)

1. matron

Related terms

• matronale
• matronale

Anagrams

• marnato
• normata
• tarmano
• tramano
• maronat

Latin

Etymology

From m?ter (“mother; matron”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma??tro?.na/, [mä??t??o?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma?tro.na/, [m??t????n?]

Noun

m?tr?na f (genitive m?tr?nae); first declension

1. A married woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man.
2. A title of Juno.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?tr?n?lis
• m?tr?n?tus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• matrona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• matrona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matrona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• matrona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• matrona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matrona in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?tr?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?tr?.na/

Noun

matrona f

1. (dated) matron (mature or elderly woman)
2. (Ancient Rome, historical) matrona (wife of an honorable man)

Declension

Further reading

• matrona in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• matrona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin m?tr?na (“matron”), from m?ter (“mother; matron”).

Noun

matrona f (plural matronas)

1. matron
2. midwife

   Synonyms: comadrona, partera