comare

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kuˈma.ɾə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [koˈma.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈma.ɾe] === Noun === comare f (plural comares) co-mother (child's godmother in relation to their parents) Coordinate term: compare (Valencia, Balearic) midwife (colloquial) gossip, busybody (derogatory) procuress ==== Synonyms ==== (midwife): llevadora (gossip): xafardera ==== Derived terms ==== comaratge comarejar comareta === Further reading === “comare”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Alternative forms === commare, comadre (archaic, dialectal) === Etymology === From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈma.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: co‧mà‧re === Noun === comare f (plural comari, masculine compare) 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 Synonym: madrina Le allegre comari di Windsor ― The Merry Wives of Windsor (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 (extensively, humorous, sometimes derogatory) gossipmonger Synonym: pettegola (extensively, informal) mistress (married man's female lover) Synonym: amante ==== Descendants ==== → English: goomah === Anagrams === Morace, acrome, camero, camerò, com'era, corame, macero, macerò, racemo == Latin == === Verb === cōmāre second-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōmō