Mother

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.3 Verb 1.4 Etymology 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Etymology 1.7 Noun 1.7.1 Variant spellings 1.7.2 Synonyms 1.7.3 Translations 1.7.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.8 Transitive verb 1.8.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English moder, mother, from Old English mōdor. Cognates include Greek μετερ, Latin mater, German Mutter, Russian мать (mat')

Noun

mother (plural mothers)

1. A female parent.

Synonyms

• (parent):
  • (colloquial/slang): ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mater, mom (US), momma (US), mommy (US), mum (British), mummy (British), old lady
  • (formal): mater

Translations

female parent

Aragonese: mai f Breton: mamm f -où Bulgarian: майка f Catalan: mare f (ca) Czech: matka f Dutch: moeder f Esperanto: patrino f Finnish: äiti French: mère f German: Mutter f (de) Guaraní: sy Hebrew: אֵם f Icelandic: móðir Ido: matro Indonesian: ibu, bunda, ibunda Interlingua: matre Irish: máthair Italian: madre f

Japanese: お母さん (おかあさん, okāsan), 母 (はは, haha) Korean: 어머니 (eomeoni) Latin: mater Malay: emak Persian: مادَر (mādær) Polish: matka f Portuguese: mãe f Romanian: mamă f Russian: мать Slovak: matka f Slovene: mati f Spanish: madre f Tok Pisin: mama Tupinambá: sy Turkish: anne

Derived terms

• motherfucker
• mother-in-law
• Mother Earth
• Mothering Sunday
• Mothers' Day
• biological mother
• birth mother
• foster mother
• grandmother, great-grandmother
• stepmother
• surrogate mother

Verb

mother

1. Treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child, nurture.

Etymology

Arabic

Noun

mother (plural mothers)

1. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

   the mother of all battles — George W. Bush

Translations

something that is the greatest of its kind

Etymology

Shortened from motherfucker

Noun

mother (plural mothers)

Variant spellings

• mutha

1. (coarse slang) Short form of motherfucker.

Synonyms

• MF, mofo, motherfucker, mutha

Translations

See motherfucker

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Hebrew: אֵם f (2)

Transitive verb

to mother (mothering, mothered, mothered)

1. To act as a mother toward; to take care of, especially excessively so.

Translations

• German: bemuttern

pl:mother