English

Noun

creatrix ‎(plural creatrixes or creatrices)

1. (rare) A female creator.

Latin

Etymology

From creātor ‎(“creator, author, founder”), from creō ‎(“create, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kreˈaː.triks/, [krɛˈaː.trɪks]

Noun

creātrix f ‎(genitive creātrīcis); third declension

1. A female who brings forth or produces; a mother.
2. A female founder, authoress, creatrix.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: creatrix
• Italian: creatrice

References

• creatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• creatrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CREATRIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “creatrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.