"alma mater" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌɑl.maː ˈmaː.tɛr/, /ˌɑl.maː ˈmaː.tər/ Audio: Nl-alma mater.ogg Forms: almae matres [plural], alma maters [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alma māter (“feeding mother”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|la|alma māter||feeding mother}} Latin alma māter (“feeding mother”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|almae matres|-|head=alma mater|pl2=-s}} alma mater f (plural almae matres or alma maters)
  1. alma mater (university one attended, especially one from which one has graduated) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-nl-noun-uXTCdxYU Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌælmə ˈmeɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˌælmə ˈmɑːtə(ɹ)/, /ˌɑːlmə ˈmɑːtə(ɹ)/ Forms: almae matres [plural], alma maters [plural]
Etymology: From Latin alma māter (literally “nourishing mother”). Derives from the full name ("Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna") of the oldest European university, the University of Bologna, founded in 1088. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{der|en|la|alma māter|lit=nourishing mother}} Latin alma māter (literally “nourishing mother”) Head templates: {{en-noun|almae matres|s|nolinkhead=1}} alma mater (plural almae matres or alma maters)
  1. A school, college, or university which a person has graduated from or attended. Categories (topical): Education, Schools Derived forms: matriotism Related terms: alimentary, alimony, alumnus, mater, maternal, maternity, matriculate Translations (graduated school): الجامعة الأم (Arabic), alma mater [feminine] (Catalan), 母校 (mou⁵ haau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 母校 (mǔxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), alma mater [feminine] (Dutch), alma mater (Finnish), alma mater [feminine] (French), alma máter [feminine] (Galician), Alma Mater [feminine] (German), almamater (Indonesian), 母校 (bokō) (alt: ぼこう) (Japanese), アルマ・マータ (aruma-māta) (Japanese), 모교 (mogyo) (alt: 母校) (Korean), Alma Mater [feminine] (Polish), alma mater [feminine] (Portuguese), а́льма-ма́тер (álʹma-mátɛr) [feminine] (Russian), alma mater [feminine] (Spanish), inang diwa (Tagalog), tahsil (Turkish), ئانا مەكتەپ (ana mektep) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-en-noun-268mNQ6D Disambiguation of Education: 100 0 Disambiguation of Schools: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'graduated school': 63 37
  2. A school’s anthem or song. Translations (school anthem): 校歌 (xiàogē) (Chinese Mandarin), koulun laulu (Finnish), 校歌 (kōka) (Japanese), hino da escola [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-en-noun-6WoPHS8q Disambiguation of 'school anthem': 33 67

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈal.ma ˈmaː.ter/ [Classical], [ˈäɫ̪mä ˈmäːt̪ɛr] [Classical], /ˈal.ma ˈma.ter/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈälmä ˈmäːt̪er] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{la-noun|alma<+> māter<3.F>}} alma māter f (genitive almae mātris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|alma<+> māter<3.F>}} Forms: alma māter [canonical, feminine], almae mātris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], alma māter [nominative, singular], almae mātrēs [nominative, plural], almae mātris [genitive, singular], almārum mātrum [genitive, plural], almae mātrī [dative, singular], almīs mātribus [dative, plural], almam mātrem [accusative, singular], almās mātrēs [accusative, plural], almā mātre [ablative, singular], almīs mātribus [ablative, plural], alma māter [singular, vocative], almae mātrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (Ancient Rome) mother goddess Tags: Ancient-Rome, declension-3 Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-la-noun-t~oBLRDI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 58 42
  2. (Medieval Christianity) Virgin Mary Tags: Medieval, declension-3
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-la-noun-JwmtM5Y6 Topics: Christianity

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teh] [Brazil], /ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teh] [Brazil], /ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teɾ/ [São-Paulo], [ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teɾ] [São-Paulo], /ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈaw.ma ˈma.teɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈaʊ̯.ma ˈma.teɻ] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈal.mɐ ˈma.tɛɾ/ [Portugal], [ˈaɫ.mɐ ˈma.tɛɾ] [Portugal]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin alma māter. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|alma māter}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin alma māter Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|#|nolinkhead=1}} alma mater f (invariable)
  1. a person who provides for another Tags: feminine, invariable
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-pt-noun-RlDgoaZ4
  2. homeland (place where one was born) Tags: feminine, invariable
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-pt-noun-QHlUnxcV Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 29 44 26
  3. alma mater (school or college from which an individual has graduated) Tags: feminine, invariable
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-pt-noun-wcOOsB90

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: alma mater [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alma māter. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|la|alma māter|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin alma māter, {{bor+|es|la|alma māter}} Borrowed from Latin alma māter Head templates: {{es-noun|f|#|head=alma mater}} alma mater f (plural alma mater)
  1. alma mater Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-alma_mater-es-noun-wd9fuySr Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58",
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          "sense": "school anthem",
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      "ipa": "/ˌælmə ˈmeɪtə(ɹ)/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌælmə ˈmɑːtə(ɹ)/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑːlmə ˈmɑːtə(ɹ)/"
    }
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      "ipa": "[ˈäɫ̪mä ˈmäːt̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal.ma ˈma.ter/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈälmä ˈmäːt̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alma mater"
}

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    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Portuguese indeclinable nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese multiword terms",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "a person who provides for another"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "invariable"
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      ],
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          "alma mater",
          "alma mater#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "invariable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaw.mɐ ˈma.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.mɐ ˈma.teχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaw.ma ˈma.teɻ/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaʊ̯.ma ˈma.teɻ]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal.mɐ ˈma.tɛɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaɫ.mɐ ˈma.tɛɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alma mater"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    },
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        "3": "alma māter"
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    {
      "form": "alma mater",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "#",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish feminine nouns",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin"
      ],
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        "alma mater"
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        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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  ],
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}

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