competitrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin competītrīx. By surface analysis, competitor +‎ -trix. === Noun === competitrix (plural competrices) (rare) A female competitor. Synonym: competitress === References === “competitrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From competō, competītum (“to come together”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.pɛˈtiː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.peˈtiː.triks] === Noun === competītrīx f (genitive competītrīcis, masculine competītor); third declension competitor (female) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “competitrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “competitrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “competitrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.