matrícula

See also: matricula and matriculá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈtɾi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈtɾi.ku.la]

Noun

matrícula f (plural matrícules)

1. enrolment, registration
2. license plate

Derived terms

• matricular

Further reading

• “matrícula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “matrícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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/

• (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)

1. enrolment (act of enrolling or state of being enrolled)

   Synonym: inscrição

2. number plate, license plate
3. registration number
4. matriculation

Derived terms

• matricular
• rematrícula

Further reading

• “matrícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɾikula/ [maˈt̪ɾi.ku.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: ma‧trí‧cu‧la

Noun

matrícula f (plural matrículas)

1. matriculation

   Synonym: matriculación

2. (Philippines) tuition

   Synonyms: clases, colegiatura

3. registration number
4. (Spain) number plate, license plate

   Synonyms: chapa, tablilla

Derived terms

• matrícula de honor
• matricular

 

Further reading

• “matrícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28