matrice
French, noun
matrice is spelled M-A-T-R-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matrice is a French feminine noun meaning “matrix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, matricé is a different word: “past participle of matricer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utérus, organe creux qui, chez les femmes et les femelles des mammifères, contient le produit de la…”.
What does matrice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininematrix
- 2
femininematrix (rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory)
- 3
datedfemininewomb, uterus
verb
- 1
past participle of matricer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utérus, organe creux qui, chez les femmes et les femelles des mammifères, contient le produit de la conception jusqu’à la mise au monde. 2. Lieu ou substance dans laquelle se forment les minéraux. 3. Matériau qui en englobe un autre. 4. Élément ou espace dominant d’un paysage, dans lequel s’insèrent les taches et les corridors et qui influence les processus écologiques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matrice
- matrices plural
- matricée feminine
- matricés masculine plural
- matricées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to matrice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matrice in French?
matrice appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).