matrícula
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈtɾi.ku.lə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [maˈtɾi.ku.la]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
matrícula f (plural matrícules)
- enrollment, registration (in a course, a team, a club)
- matrícula d’honor
- honors degree, maximum qualification obtained in a subject
- (literally, “honor enrollment”)
- matrícula viva
- open enrollment, accepting new students during the course
- (literally, “alive enrollment”)
- set of the registered people
- action of registering
- document proving the registering
- license plate (of a vehicle)
- ship registry (of a port)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “matrícula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “matrícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “matrícula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “matrícula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈtɾi.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈtɾi.ku.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈtɾi.ku.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -ikulɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧trí‧cu‧la
Noun
matrícula f (plural matrículas)
- enrolment (act of enrolling or state of being enrolled)
- Synonym: inscrição
- number plate, license plate
- registration number
- matriculation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “matrícula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “matrícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtɾikula/ [maˈt̪ɾi.ku.la]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ikula
- Syllabification: ma‧trí‧cu‧la
Noun
matrícula f (plural matrículas)
- matriculation
- Synonym: matriculación
- (Philippines) tuition
- Synonyms: clases, colegiatura
- registration number
- (Spain) number plate, license plate
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “matrícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025