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Beatrix
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See also: Béatrix
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A Latinate variant of the standard English Beatrice.
Proper noun
Beatrix
- A female given name from Latin.
- Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated children's books.
- (astronomy) 83 Beatrix, a main belt asteroid; named Beatrice Portinari, the beloved of Dante Alighieri.
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beatrix f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Beatrice
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German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beatrix f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrix or Beatrice
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Proper noun
Beatrix
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beatrix
- a female given name
Declension
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Latin
Etymology
From viātrīx (“female wayfarer, traveller”), altered under influence from beātus, beāta (“happy, fortunate”).
Could alternatively ascend from beō (“I bless, I gladden”) with suffix -trīx (“blessing, blissful maiden”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [beˈaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [beˈaː.triks]
Proper noun
Beātrīx f sg (genitive Beātrīcis); third declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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