comare

• commare (archaic)

From Late Latin commātrem, accusative of commāter, from com- (“together”) + Latin māter (“mother”), whence also madre. Cognate to Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Spanish and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

• IPA^(key): /koˈma.re/, [koˈmäːre]
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: co‧mà‧re

comare f (plural comari, masculine compare)

1. A child's godmother in relation to their parents: a cummer, co-mother; or a child's mother in relation to their co-mother and her family.

   Le allegre comari di Windsor ― The Merry Wives of Windsor

   Synonym: madrina

2. (extensively) A female wedding witness or maid of honor in relation to the spouses, or a bride in relation to her wedding witness.

   Synonyms: testimone, testimone di nozze

3. (extensively, humorous, sometimes derogatory) gossipmonger

   Synonym: pettegola

4. (extensively, informal) mistress (married man's female lover)

   Synonym: amante

cōmāre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōmō