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Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈmɐ̃j̃/ [Brazil], [ˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈmɐ̃j̃/ [Portugal] Audio: Pt-mãe.ogg , LL-Q5146 (por)-Santamarcanda-mãe.wav [Portugal] (note: Porto) Forms: mães [plural], mãy [alternative, dated], mãi [alternative, dated], manhê [alternative, Brazil, colloquial]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃j̃ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, nasalization of earlier *mae < *made, child-speech forms of madre, from Latin mātrem, the accusative of māter (“mother”). Doublet of madre. Compare pai (“father”), which underwent a similar phonetic reduction from its root (Latin pater), but was not nasalized. Cognate with Galician mai, nai, Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai and Asturian ma. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|:inh|roa-opt:mãy&lt;id:mother&gt;|id=mother}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*mātēr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "māter", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Galician-Portuguese", "term" : "madre", "lang" : "roa-opt" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Galician-Portuguese", "term" : "mãy", "lang" : "roa-opt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "mãe", "lang" : "pt" }" data-id="mother" data-lang="pt" data-title="mãe" id="Portuguese:_mother">, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|mãy}} Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, {{inh|pt|la|mātrem}} Latin mātrem, {{glossary|accusative}} accusative, {{doublet|pt|madre}} Doublet of madre, {{m+|la|pater}} Latin pater, {{cog|gl|mai}} Galician mai, {{cog|mwl,roa-leo,an|mai}} Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai, {{cog|ast|ma}} Asturian ma Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} mãe f (plural mães)
  1. mother (female who gives birth to or parents a child) Tags: feminine Synonyms: genetriz, genitora, mamã, mamãe [childish], progenitora
    Sense id: en-mãe-pt-noun-xAROUVCE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Portuguese entries with etymon, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 1 2 25 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 1 1 18 11 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 56 2 2 16 11 13 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymon: 57 2 5 14 7 14 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 46 1 5 17 12 19
  2. one's mother Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mãe-pt-noun-C9vj2hYz
  3. (figurative) mother (source or origin) Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-mãe-pt-noun-I5m3yYrT
  4. (relational, in compounds) mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem) Tags: feminine, in-compounds, relational
    Sense id: en-mãe-pt-noun-xBpHIt~s
  5. lees (sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages) Tags: feminine Synonyms: madre
    Sense id: en-mãe-pt-noun-6N8D1NNs
  6. (playground games, regional) synonym of pegador (“it”) Tags: feminine, regional Synonyms: pegador [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mãe-pt-noun-gRkh7ke~ Categories (other): Regional Portuguese, Playground games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: comadre, madrasta, madre, madrinha
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derived forms: alma mãe, árvore mãe, casa da mãe Joana, célula-mãe, ficar como a mãe de São Pedro, filho da mãe, mãe carinhosa, mãe d'água, Mãe da cristandade, mãe de aluguel, Mãe de Deus, mãe de família, Mãe de misericórdia, mãe de santo, mãe dos deuses, mãe vinagreira, mãezinha [diminutive], mãezona [augmentative], nave-mãe, Nossa Mãe, nossa mãe comum, nossa primeira mãe, pãe, pátria-mãe, rainha mãe, rocha-mãe, tintura mãe, tua mãe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *méh₂tēr",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃j̃",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃j̃/1 syllable",
    "pt:Family"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alma mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "árvore mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "casa da mãe Joana"
    },
    {
      "word": "célula-mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "ficar como a mãe de São Pedro"
    },
    {
      "word": "filho da mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe carinhosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe d'água"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mãe da cristandade"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe de aluguel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mãe de Deus"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe de família"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mãe de misericórdia"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe de santo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe dos deuses"
    },
    {
      "word": "mãe vinagreira"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "mãezinha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ],
      "word": "mãezona"
    },
    {
      "word": "nave-mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nossa Mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "nossa mãe comum"
    },
    {
      "word": "nossa primeira mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "pãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "pátria-mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "rainha mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "rocha-mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tintura mãe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tua mãe"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Angolar",
      "lang_code": "aoa",
      "word": "maa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Annobonese",
      "lang_code": "fab",
      "word": "mai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Annobonese",
      "lang_code": "fab",
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Guinea-Bissau Creole",
      "lang_code": "pov",
      "word": "mai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indo-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "idb",
      "word": "mãe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indo-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "idb",
      "word": "mai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "lang_code": "kea",
      "word": "mai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kristang",
      "lang_code": "mcm",
      "word": "mai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Principense",
      "lang_code": "pre",
      "word": "mwin"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sãotomense",
      "lang_code": "cri",
      "word": "men"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ambonese Malay",
      "lang_code": "abs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mai"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ambonese Malay",
      "lang_code": "abs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maitua"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Konkani",
      "lang_code": "kok",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "māiya",
      "word": "मांय"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Nheengatu",
          "lang_code": "yrl",
          "word": "manha"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "lang_code": "tpw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mãîa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tetun Dili",
      "lang_code": "tdt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "madre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Urubú-Kaapor",
      "lang_code": "urb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mãi"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "roa-opt:mãy<id:mother>",
        "id": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*mātēr\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"māter\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Galician-Portuguese\", \"term\" : \"madre\", \"lang\" : \"roa-opt\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Galician-Portuguese\", \"term\" : \"mãy\", \"lang\" : \"roa-opt\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Portuguese\", \"term\" : \"mãe\", \"lang\" : \"pt\" }\" data-id=\"mother\" data-lang=\"pt\" data-title=\"mãe\" id=\"Portuguese:_mother\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "mãy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese mãy",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mātrem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mātrem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "accusative"
      },
      "expansion": "accusative",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "madre"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of madre",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pater"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pater",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "mai"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician mai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwl,roa-leo,an",
        "2": "mai"
      },
      "expansion": "Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian ma",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, nasalization of earlier *mae < *made, child-speech forms of madre, from Latin mātrem, the accusative of māter (“mother”). Doublet of madre.\nCompare pai (“father”), which underwent a similar phonetic reduction from its root (Latin pater), but was not nasalized.\nCognate with Galician mai, nai, Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai and Asturian ma.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mães",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mãy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mãi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manhê",
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in yelling or slow speech"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Brazil",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mãe f (plural mães)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mãe"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "comadre"
    },
    {
      "word": "madrasta"
    },
    {
      "word": "madre"
    },
    {
      "word": "madrinha"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: pai"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother (female who gives birth to or parents a child)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "genetriz"
        },
        {
          "word": "genitora"
        },
        {
          "word": "mamã"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "childish"
          ],
          "word": "mamãe"
        },
        {
          "word": "progenitora"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Mom, have you seen my glasses?",
          "text": "Mãe, a senhora viu meus óculos?",
          "translation": "Mom, have you seen my glasses?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's mother"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Iberia is the mother of the Age of Discovery.",
          "text": "A Ibéria é a mãe da Era do Descobrimento.",
          "translation": "Iberia is the mother of the Age of Discovery.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother (source or origin)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) mother (source or origin)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese relational adjectives",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "mothership",
          "text": "nave-mãe",
          "translation": "mothership",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "stem cell",
          "text": "célula-mãe",
          "translation": "stem cell",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ],
        [
          "spawn",
          "spawn#English"
        ],
        [
          "generate",
          "generate#English"
        ],
        [
          "copied",
          "copied#English"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relational, in compounds) mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-compounds",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lees (sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lees",
          "lees"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "madre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Regional Portuguese",
        "pt:Playground games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of pegador (“it”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "playground",
          "playground"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "pegador",
          "pegador#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "playground games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(playground games, regional) synonym of pegador (“it”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "it",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "pegador"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɐ̃j̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɐ̃j̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Mem (Portugal)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃j̃"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "History of Portuguese#Nasalization"
  ],
  "word": "mãe"
}

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