nodriza

Inherited from Late Latin nūtrīcia, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius, an adjective based on Latin nūtrīcem, whence Old Spanish nodriz. Compare French nourrice, English nurse.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /noˈdɾiθa/ [noˈð̞ɾi.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /noˈdɾisa/ [noˈð̞ɾi.sa]
• Rhymes: -iθa
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: no‧dri‧za

nodriza f (plural nodrizas)

1. wet nurse

• “nodriza”, 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