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5-letter words (4 found)

ARMED,DERMA,DREAM,MADRE,

4-letter words (14 found)

ARED,DAME,DARE,DEAR,DERM,DRAM,EARD,MADE,MARD,MARE,MEAD,RADE,READ,REAM,

3-letter words (17 found)

AME,ARD,ARE,ARM,DAE,DAM,EAR,ERA,ERM,MAD,MAE,MAR,MED,RAD,RAM,RED,REM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AD,AE,AM,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EM,ER,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 49 words from madre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of madre

madre amdre mdare dmare admre damre marde amrde mrade rmade armde ramde mdrae dmrae mrdae rmdae drmae rdmae adrme darme ardme radme drame rdame mader amder mdaer dmaer admer damer maedr amedr meadr emadr aemdr eamdr mdear dmear medar emdar demar edmar ademr daemr aedmr eadmr deamr edamr mared amred mraed rmaed armed ramed maerd amerd meard emard aemrd eamrd mread rmead merad emrad remad ermad aremd raemd aermd earmd reamd eramd mdrea dmrea mrdea rmdea drmea rdmea mdera dmera medra emdra demra edmra mreda rmeda merda emrda remda ermda drema rdema derma edrma redma erdma adrem darem ardem radem draem rdaem aderm daerm aedrm eadrm dearm edarm aredm raedm aerdm eardm readm eradm dream rdeam deram edram redam erdam

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Definitions and meaning of madre

madre

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin māter, mātre (“mother, matron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/, [ˈma.ð̞ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -adɾe
  • Hyphenation: ma‧dre

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. mother
    Synonym: ma

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish madre, from Latin mātre, singular ablative of māter, matris (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/, [ˈmad̪.ɾ̪ɪ]
  • Hyphenation: mad‧re

Noun

madre (Badlit spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. a nun
    Synonyms: abadesa, mongha

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish madre.

Noun

madre

  1. nun

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese madre, from Latin māter, mātrem (“mother, matron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈma.ð̞ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -adɾe
  • Hyphenation: ma‧dre

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. (formal) mother
    Synonym: nai
  2. riverbed
  3. kernel of a cable
  4. (fishing) main line (in longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached)
    Synonym: estrallo
  5. tartar
    Synonym: sarro
  6. (also in the plural) womb; placenta
    Synonym: empreñadeira
  7. (games) base, safe place, haven
  8. (Catholicism, formal) nun

Derived terms

References

  • “madre” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “madre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “madre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “madre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From the older form matre, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.dre/
  • Rhymes: -adre
  • Hyphenation: mà‧dre

Noun

madre f (plural madri)

  1. mother

Adjective

madre (invariable)

  1. (relational) mother
    lavoratrice madre ― working mother (literally, “mother worker”)
  2. that constitutes the origin of subsequent facts and phenomena
    causa madre ― root cause

Related terms

See also

  • (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio (Category: it:Family)
  • genitore
  • mamma
  • padre

Further reading

  • madre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • madre in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Anagrams

  • -derma, derma, derma-, merda

Ladino

Noun

madre f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מאדרי)

  1. mother
    Coordinate term: padre (פאדרי)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mātrem, accusative singular of māter (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/

Noun

madre f

  1. mother
    • A madre do que liurou / dos Leões Daniel / Eſſa do fogo Guardou / un Menỹo Dirrael.
      The Mother of Him who delivered Daniel from the lions saved a little boy of the tribe of Israel from the fire.
    Synonym: mãy
    Coordinate terms: pay, padre
  2. riverbed

Descendants

  • Galician: madre
  • Portuguese: madre

References

  • “madre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “madre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese madre, from Latin māter, mātrem (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate of mãe.

Pronunciation

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. (Christianity) mother (nun)
    Madre superiora. ― Mother superior.
  2. (anatomy) womb
  3. mold

Further reading

  • “madre” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “madre” in Dicionário inFormal.
  • “madre” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  • “madre” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “madre” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “madre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mātrem (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare English matron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈma.ð̞ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -adɾe
  • Syllabification: ma‧dre

Noun

madre f (plural madres)

  1. mother
    Synonym: mamá
  2. (figuratively) mother (source or origin)
    Synonyms: causa, raíz, origen
  3. (Christianity) mother (nun)
  4. (hydrology) riverbed
    Synonyms: álveo, cauce, lecho
  5. dregs (of a drink)
  6. (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, slang) thing

Coordinate terms

  • padre

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: madre

Further reading

  • “madre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish madre, from Latin mātrem, singular accusative of māter (“mother, matron”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmadɾe/, [ˈma.dɾɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧dre

Noun

madre (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. (Catholicism) nun
    Synonyms: relihiyosa, sister
  2. (geology) mother lode
    Synonym: inang-bato
  3. (carpentry, in general) frame; spindle; principal piece, log, or beam
    Synonyms: hamba, balangkas
  4. (chemistry) principal chemical vehicle (in a solution)
  5. (archaic, rare) mother
    Synonyms: ina, nanay, inay, inang, mama

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • “madre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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