"madre" meaning in Italian

See madre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈma.dre/ Forms: madri [plural]
Rhymes: -adre Etymology: From the older form matre, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|mater|mātrem}} Latin mātrem, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*mātēr}} Proto-Italic *mātēr, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Head templates: {{it-adj}} madre m or f by sense (plural madri)
  1. (relational) mother Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, relational
    Sense id: en-madre-it-adj-zwYi7ypm Categories (other): Female family members Disambiguation of Female family members: 40 26 34
  2. that constitutes the origin of subsequent facts and phenomena Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-madre-it-adj-1a2UBmzt Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/, Female family members Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/: 23 77 0 Disambiguation of Female family members: 40 26 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 Related terms: dura madre, madre sostitutiva, madrecicala, madreggiare, madrelingua, madre lingua, madrepatria, madreperla, madrevite, madrina, matre, matrigna, vicemadre, genitore, mamma, padre

Noun

IPA: /ˈma.dre/ Forms: madri [plural]
Rhymes: -adre Etymology: From the older form matre, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|mater|mātrem}} Latin mātrem, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*mātēr}} Proto-Italic *mātēr, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} madre f (plural madri)
  1. mother Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-madre-it-noun-zwYi7ypm Categories (other): Female family members Disambiguation of Female family members: 40 26 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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