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Synonyms for mother

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muhth-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌð ər

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Définition of mother

Origin :
  • Old English modor "female parent," from Proto-Germanic *mothær (cf. Old Saxon modar, Old Frisian moder, Old Norse moðir, Danish moder, Dutch moeder, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), from PIE *mater- "mother" (cf. Latin mater, Old Irish mathir, Lithuanian mote, Sanskrit matar-, Greek meter, Old Church Slavonic mati), "[b]ased ultimately on the baby-talk form *mā- (2); with the kinship term suffix *-ter-" [Watkins]. Spelling with -th- dates from early 16c., though that pronunciation is probably older.
  • Mother nature first attested c.1600; mother earth is from 1580s. Mother tongue "one's native language" first attested late 14c. Mother of all ________ 1991, is Gulf War slang, from Saddam Hussein's use in reference to the coming battle; it is an Arabic idiom (as well as an English one), cf. Ayesha, second wife of Muhammad, known as Mother of Believers. Mother Carey's chickens is late 18c. sailors' nickname for storm petrels, or for snowflakes. Mother lode attested by c.1882, from mining [1849].
  • noun female person who has borne children
Example sentences :
  • But Avice is—er—my dear, she is like her mother in more ways than one.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Give your heart up to it, as a little child led by its mother's hand!
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The young man stared at his mother until he had mastered her meaning.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You were our only child; named Artaminta, in remembrance of my mother.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • "You're carryin' on the same way yourself," ventured his mother.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "I'll put on the teakettle at once, Robert," said his mother, rising.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • So you see, mother, we needn't go to the poorhouse just yet.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • If my mother could have guessed that he was to be set over me, I had never come here.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The mother's heart was touched, and she forgot all her forebodings.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • "I'll take another piece of fish, mother," said Robert, passing his plate.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

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