"inventrix" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈvɛntɹɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: inventrices [plural], inuentrix [alternative]
enPR: ĭnvĕnʹtrĭks [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inventrīx. By surface analysis, inventor + -trix. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|inventrīx}} Learned borrowing from Latin inventrīx, {{surf|en|inventor|-trix}} By surface analysis, inventor + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|inventrices}} inventrix (plural inventrices)
  1. (archaic) A female that invents. Tags: archaic Synonyms: inventress Coordinate_terms: inventor Translations (a female that invents): inventrice [feminine] (French), trouveuse [feminine] (French), inventrice [feminine] (Italian), inventrīx [feminine] (Latin), inventora [feminine] (Spanish), dyfeiswraig [feminine] (Welsh)

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