mater

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈmeɪtə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/, /ˈmɑtɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== mater (plural maters or matres) (UK, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother. Coordinate term: pater (anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From mate +‎ -er. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈmeɪtə/ IPA(key): (US) /ˈmeɪtɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== mater (plural maters) (biology) Someone or something that mates. === Etymology 3 === See 'mater. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== mater (plural maters) Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”). ===== Derived terms ===== mater sammich === References === === Anagrams === METAR, Marte, armet, metra, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, tréma == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Latin māter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmatɛr] Rhymes: -atɛr === Noun === mater f (indeclinable) title of an abbess ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== matka === Further reading === “mater”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “mater”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “mater”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.te/ === Etymology 1 === From mat (“mate”) +‎ -er. ==== Verb ==== mater (transitive) to checkmate (figuratively, transitive) to suppress, quell (a revolution, person, insurrection) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, perhaps from Spanish mata (“bush”). ==== Verb ==== mater (slang, transitive) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person) Synonym: reluquer ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “mater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === References === === Anagrams === marte, trame, tramé, tréma == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Old English mōdor (English mother). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ter] Hyphenation: ma‧ter === Noun === māter f (genitive mātris); third declension mother (female parent) Synonym: genetrīx Nē, māter; suam. ― Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew. mother (source, origin) matron of a house honorific title woman nurse motherland maternity, motherhood ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== mamma pater === References === “mater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle English == === Noun === mater alternative form of matere == Norman == === Verb === mater to kill == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === mater present of mate == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === mater (Cyrillic spelling матер) accusative singular of mati (by extension, regional) alternative form of mati === Anagrams === trema, metra == Slovak == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmacɛr/ === Noun === mater f mother ==== Declension ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mater”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Welsh == === Etymology === From English matter. === Noun === mater m (plural materion) matter, affair Synonyms: neges, busnes substance Synonyms: sylwedd, defnydd ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mater”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mater”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies