madre
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin māter, mātre (“mother, matron”).
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish madre, from Latin mātre, singular ablative of māter (“mother, matron”), matris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧dre
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese madre, from Latin māter, mātrem (“mother, matron”).
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]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -adre
- Stress: màdre
- Hyphenation: ma‧dre
Related terms
- dura madre
- madrecicala
- madreggiare
- madrelingua, madre lingua
- madrepatria
- madreperla
- madre sostitutiva
- madrevite
- madrina
- matre
- matrigna
- vicemadre
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
- 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.
- A madre do que liurou / dos Leões Daniel / Eſſa do fogo Guardou / un Menỹo Dirrael.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):
Synonyms
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.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mātrem, singular accusative of māter (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare English matron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/, [ˈmaðɾe]
Bolivian pronunciation (file)
Antonyms
- (mother): padre m
Derived terms
(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
Further reading
- “madre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.