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Yes. The word mater is a Scrabble US word. The word mater is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word mater is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (5 found)

ARMET,MATER,RAMET,TAMER,TREMA,

4-letter words (15 found)

ARET,MARE,MART,MATE,MEAT,META,RATE,REAM,TAME,TARE,TEAM,TEAR,TERM,TRAM,TREM,

3-letter words (22 found)

AME,ARE,ARM,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERM,ETA,MAE,MAR,MAT,MET,RAM,RAT,REM,RET,TAE,TAM,TAR,TEA,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AM,AR,AT,EA,EM,ER,ET,MA,ME,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 56 words from mater according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of mater

mater amter mtaer tmaer atmer tamer maetr ametr meatr ematr aemtr eamtr mtear tmear metar emtar temar etmar atemr taemr aetmr eatmr teamr etamr matre amtre mtare tmare atmre tamre marte amrte mrate rmate armte ramte mtrae tmrae mrtae rmtae trmae rtmae atrme tarme artme ratme trame rtame maert amert meart emart aemrt eamrt maret amret mraet rmaet armet ramet merat emrat mreat rmeat ermat remat aermt earmt aremt raemt eramt reamt mtera tmera metra emtra temra etmra mtrea tmrea mrtea rmtea trmea rtmea merta emrta mreta rmeta ermta remta terma etrma trema rtema ertma retma aterm taerm aetrm eatrm tearm etarm atrem tarem artem ratem traem rtaem aertm eartm aretm raetm eratm reatm teram etram tream rteam ertam retam

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Definitions and meaning of mater

mater

Etymology 1

From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/, /ˈmɑtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

mater (plural maters or matres)

  1. (British, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.
    Coordinate term: pater
  2. (anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
Related terms

Etymology 2

mate +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

mater (plural maters)

  1. (biology) Someone or something that mates.

Etymology 3

See 'mater.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

mater (plural maters)

  1. Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”)

References

Anagrams

  • METAR, Marte, armet, metra, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, tréma

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin māter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmatɛr]
  • Rhymes: -atɛr

Noun

mater f (indeclinable)

  1. title of an abbess

Related terms

See also

  • matka

Further reading

  • mater in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mater in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mater in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.te/

Etymology 1

From mat (“mate”) +‎ -er.

Verb

mater

  1. (transitive) to checkmate
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to suppress, quell (a revolution, person, insurrection)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps from Spanish mata (“bush”).

Verb

mater

  1. (slang, transitive) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person)
Conjugation

Further reading

  • “mater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

References

Anagrams

  • marte, trame, tramé, tréma

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Old English mōdor (English mother).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.ter/, [ˈmäːt̪ɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ter/, [ˈmäːt̪er]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ter

Noun

māter f (genitive mātris); third declension

  1. mother (female parent)
    Synonym: genetrīx
    Nē, māter; suam. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. mother (source, origin)
  3. matron of a house
  4. honorific title
  5. woman
  6. nurse
  7. motherland
  8. maternity, motherhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

  • mamma
  • pater

References

  • “mater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Noun

mater (plural maters)

  1. Alternative form of matere

Norman

Verb

mater

  1. to kill

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mater

  1. present of mate

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mater

  1. accusative singular of mati
  2. (by extension, regional) Alternative form of mati

Anagrams

  • trema, metra

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmacɛr/

Noun

mater f (genitive singular matere, nominative plural matere, genitive plural materí, declension pattern of dlaň)

  1. mother

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mater”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Welsh

Etymology

From English matter.

Noun

mater m (plural materion)

  1. matter, affair
    Synonyms: neges, busnes
  2. substance
    Synonyms: sylwedd, defnydd

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mater”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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