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madre

madre

See also: madré

Asturian

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. mother

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧dre

Noun

madre

  1. nun

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. mother
  2. nun

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.dre/, [ˈmäːd̪r̺e̞]
  • Hyphenation: mà‧dre

Noun

madre f (plural madri)

  1. mother

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Ladino

Noun

madre f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מאדרי)

  1. mother

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/

Noun

madre f

  1. mother

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Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. mother (nun)
    Madre superiora. Mother superior.”
  2. womb
  3. mold

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaðre]

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

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

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧dre

Noun

madre (plural mga madre)

  1. nun