inspectrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnspectrīx. First attested in 1715. By surface analysis, inspector +‎ -trix. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭn-spĕk′trĭks (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspɛk.tɹɪks/ (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspek.tɹɪks/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ənˈspek.tɹəks/ (India) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspɛ(ː)k.ʈɾɪks/ Rhymes: -ɛktrɪks Hyphenation: in‧spec‧​trix === Noun === inspectrix (plural inspectrices) Female equivalent of inspector. Synonym: inspectress === References === “inspectrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Further reading === “inspectrix, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Etymology === From īnspiciō + -trīx. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈspɛk.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈspɛk.triks] Hyphenation: īn‧spec‧trīx === Noun === īnspectrīx f (genitive īnspectrīcis, masculine īnspector); third declension (Late Latin) female equivalent of īnspector ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Further reading === “inspectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press īnspectrīx in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 320 “inspectrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 831, column 3.