materno

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin māternus. Doublet of Maderno (“a village in Lombardy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈtɛr.no/ Rhymes: -ɛrno Hyphenation: ma‧tèr‧no === Adjective === materno (feminine materna, masculine plural materni, feminine plural materne) (relational) mother; maternal, motherly Antonym: paterno ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === materno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === armento, matrone, montare, monterà, normate, ormante, tremano == Latin == === Adjective === māternō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of māternus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin māternus (“maternal”), from Latin māter (“mother”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧ter‧no === Adjective === materno (feminine materna, masculine plural maternos, feminine plural maternas) maternal; motherly (of, pertaining to or associated with mothers) Synonym: maternal amor materno ― motherly love maternal (related through the mother’s side of the family) avô materno ― maternal grandfather ==== Coordinate terms ==== paterno, fraterno ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “materno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “materno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin māternus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈteɾno/ [maˈt̪eɾ.no] Rhymes: -eɾno Syllabification: ma‧ter‧no === Adjective === materno (feminine materna, masculine plural maternos, feminine plural maternas) (relational) mother maternal ==== Hypernyms ==== parental ==== Coordinate terms ==== paterno ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “materno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025