natatrice

Borrowed from Latin natātrīcem, feminine of natātor, derived from natō (“to swim”).

• IPA^(key): /na.taˈtri.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Hyphenation: na‧ta‧trì‧ce

natatrice f (plural natatrici)

1. (obsolete, literary) female equivalent of natatore; (female) swimmer

   Synonym: nuotatrice

   • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered]‎, Erasmo Viotti, Canto XV, page 355:

     Moſſer le natatrici ignude, e belle ¶ De i duo guerrieri alquanto i duri petti

     The bare, beautiful swimmers rather moved the hard chests of the two warriors

• antracite, cattarine, certanità, cretinata, incartate, recintata, ricantate, tranciate