different between creatrix vs creation

English

Etymology

From Latin cre?tr?x. Equivalent to create +? -trix.

Noun

creatrix (plural creatrixes or creatrices)

1. (rare) A female creator.

Latin

Etymology

From cre?tor (“creator, author, founder”), from cre? (“create, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kre?a?.tri?ks/, [k?e?ä?t??i?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kre?a.triks/, [k?????t??iks]

Noun

cre?tr?x f (genitive cre?tr?cis, masculine cre?tor); third declension

1. A female who brings forth or produces; a mother.
2. A female founder, authoress, creatrix.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: creatrix
• French: créatrice
• Italian: creatrice

References

• creatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• creatrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• creatrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• creatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin cre?ti?, creationis; equivalent to create +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?i??e???n/
• IPA^(key): [k?i???e???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

1. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

2. (uncountable) The act of creating something.

3. (uncountable) All which exists.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, reaction, reäction

Interlingua

Noun

creation (plural creationes)

1. creation

Middle English

Noun

creation

1. Alternative form of creacion