madre

From Latin māter, mātre (“mother, matron”).

madre f (plural madres)

1. mother

   Synonym: ma

Borrowed from Spanish madre, from Latin mātre, singular ablative of māter (“mother, matron”), matris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• Hyphenation: ma‧dre

madre

1. a nun

• abadesa, mongha

From Spanish madre.

madre

1. nun

From Old Portuguese madre, from Latin māter, mātrem (“mother, matron”).

madre f (plural madres)

1. mother
2. nun

• (mother): nai, mai

From the older form matre, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.dre/, [ˈmäːd̪r̺e̞]

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• Rhymes: -adre
• Stress: màdre
• Hyphenation: ma‧dre

madre f (plural madri)

1. mother

• genitore
• mamma
• padre

• madre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• madre in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

• derma, merda

madre f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מאדרי‎)

1. mother

• padre (פאדרי)

From Latin mātrem, accusative singular of māter (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmadɾe/

madre f

1. mother
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     A madre do que liurou / dos Leões Daniel / Eſſa do fogo Guardou / un Menỹo Dirrael.

     The Mother of Him who delivered Daniel from the lions saved a little boy of the tribe of Israel from the fire.

• mãy

• pay, padre

• Galician: madre, mai, nai
• Portuguese: madre, mãe

From Old Portuguese madre, from Latin mātrem, singular accusative of māter (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate of mãe.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ðɾɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dɾi/

madre f (plural madres)

1. mother (nun)

   Madre superiora. ― Mother superior.

2. womb
3. mold

From Latin mātrem, singular accusative of māter (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare English matron.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmadɾe/, [ˈmaðɾe]

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madre f (plural madres)

1. mother
2. (figuratively) mother (source or origin)
3. riverbed

• (riverbed): cauce m
• (mother): mamá f
• (source): causa, raíz, origen

• (mother): padre m

(diminutive madrecita) (augmentative madraza)

• comadre
• madrastra
• madrina
• (vulgar, Mexico) hasta la madre (pregnant; fed up, full)
• (vulgar) tu madre
• (vulgar) conchatumadre
• madre mía
• placa madre
• sacar la madre
• (vulgar, Mexico) madrear
• (colloquial, Mexico) desmadre
• (colloquial, Mexico) a toda madre
• (vulgar, colloquial) de puta madre
• madre del cordero

• materno
• matriz

• Tagalog: madre

• “madre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• Hyphenation: ma‧dre

madre (plural mga madre)

1. nun