Beatrice

Etymology

Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”), influenced by beata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːətɹɪs/, /ˈbiːtɹɪs/

Proper noun

Beatrice

1. A female given name.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II:Scene II:

     I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick that, in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice.

   • 1797 William Roscoe, The Life of Lorenzo di Medici, London 1797, Chapter II:

     Petrarca had his Laura, and Dante his Beatrice, but Lorenzo has studiously concealed the name of the sovereign of his affections.

   • 2001 Anne Tyler, Alfred A. Knopf 2001, Back When We Were Grownups, →ISBN, page 132:

     "Seventeen years old - a senior in high school. Beatrice, her name is."

     Beatrice! Rebecca was struck dumb with admiration. Beatrice would be a female version of Tristram. Rebecca pictured her in a modest muslin dress from the nineteeth century, although she knew that was unlikely.

2. a city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Gage County.

Proper noun

Beatrice

1. A female given name, Italian and English form of Beatrix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.aˈtri.tʃe/
• Rhymes: -itʃe

Proper noun

Beatrice f

1. A female given name, equivalent of English Beatrice.

Anagrams

• berciate

Noun

Beātrīce

1. ablative singular of Beātrīx

Proper noun

Beatrice c (genitive Beatrices)

1. A female given name of Latin origin, used since the 19th century.