-triz

See also: triz

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -trīcem (“-rix; -ess”). Displaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese -driz.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʃ/

Suffix

-triz f (noun-forming suffix, plural -trizes)

female equivalent of -dor
Synonym: -dora

‎imperador (“emperor”) + ‎-triz → ‎imperatriz (“empress”)
female equivalent of -tor
‎ator (“actor”) + ‎-triz → ‎atriz (“actress”)

Further reading

“-triz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026