What do the word mother mean

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)/, [ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: moth‧er

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Superseded non-native Middle English mere (“mother”) borrowed from Old French mere (“mother”). Doublet of mater.

Some have proposed that the «dregs» sense is from Middle Dutch modder (“filth”), from Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“sediment”), but modder is not known in this meaning. On the other hand, words for «mother» have developed the secondary sense of «dregs» in several Romance and Germanic languages; compare Dutch moer, French mère de vinaigre, German Essigmutter, Italian madre, Medieval Latin māter, and Spanish madre.^[1]

Alternative forms[edit]

• mither (Scotland and Northern England)

Noun[edit]

mother (plural mothers)

1. A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).

   I am visiting my mother today.

   The lioness was a mother of four cubs.

2. A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.

   My sister-in-law has just become a mother for the first time.

   He had something of his mother in him.

   • 1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son:

     He had something of his mother in him, but this was because he realized that in the end only her love was unconditional, and in gratitude he had emulated her.

   • 2005, Trudelle Thomas, Spirituality in the Mother Zone: Staying Centered, Finding God, Paulist Press, →ISBN, page 41:

     The «Ritual to Celebrate Birthing» begins with a leader welcoming all participants : «Welcome to this celebration for N. She is approaching the time when she will become a mother for the first time (or become a mother again).

3. A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.

   Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.

   • 1991, Susan Faludi, The Undeclared War Against American Women:

     The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the mother.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Multiplicity Yours: Cloning, Stem Cell Research, and Regenerative Medicine, →ISBN:

     To clone a boy, it is necessary to have a man as a DNA donor, a woman as an egg donor, and may be another woman as a surrogate mother.

   • 2023 January 16, Reinhard Renneberg, Biotechnology for Beginners, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 317:

     If the cat to be cloned is female, the nucleus donor cat could also be used as the surrogate mother instead of another cat.

4. A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
5. (figuratively) A female ancestor.
6. (figuratively) A source or origin.

   The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 147, column 1:

     Alas poore Countrey, / Almoſt affraid to know it ſelfe. It cannot / Be call’d our Mother, but our Graue;

   • 1844, Thomas Arnold, Fragment on the Church, Volume 1, page 17:

     But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.

   • 2013 October 31, Rowena Mason, quoting David Steel, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     How on earth are we supposed to hold our heads high as the ‘mother of parliaments’ when we allow to continue the practice of almost openly buying a seat in parliament?

7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
   • 1991, January 17, Saddam Hussein, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio.

     The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.

8. (dated, when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one’s mother-in-law.

   Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.

9. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (dated) A term of address for one’s wife.

   • 1887 April 2, E. V. Wilson, “Uncle Dave”, in The Current, volume 7, number 172, page 432:

     A few minutes later we were all seated comfortably, Uncle Dave and mother, as he called his wife, myself and my husband, in the split-bottomed wooden chairs, on the vine-covered porch. / “Is Bethel a Methodist Church?” I asked. / Uncle Dave looked quizzically at his wife. “Do you hear that, mother?” he said.

   • 1922, Stephen Leacock, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town‎^[2], page 152:

     On some days as he got near the house he would call out to his wife: / “Almighty Moses, Martha! who left the sprinkler on the grass?” / On other days he would call to her from quite a little distance off: “Hullo, mother! Got any supper for a hungry man?”

   • 1944, Walter Hackett, For the Duration: A Play for Junior and Senior High Schools, page 8:

     (Mr. Hill enters. He crosses to Wife.) / Mr. Hill: Hello, mother. […] How are you? / Mrs. Hill: Nothing wrong, dear, I hope.

10. (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
11. (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
    • Judges 5:7, KJV.

      The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

    • Galatians 4:26, KJV.

      Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

12. Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.

    pieces of mother, adding mother to vinegar

13. (rail transport) A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.
14. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
15. The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
16. (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.
    • 1665, Robert Lovel, Pambotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum, page 484:

      T.V. dicusseth tumors and mollifieth them, helps inflammations, rising of the mother and the epilepsie being burnt.

    • 1666, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian Enlarged, page 49:

      The Root hereof taken with Zedoary and Angelică, or without them, helps the rising of the Mother.

    • 1979, Thomas R. Forbes, The changing face of death in London, in Charles Webster (editor), Health, Medicine and Mortality in the Sixteenth Century (1979), page 128:

      St Botolph’s parish records ascribed three deaths to ‘mother‘, an old name for the uterus.

17. A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.

Synonyms[edit]

• (one’s female parent): See also Thesaurus:mother
• (most significant thing): father, grandfather, granddaddy
• (of or pertaining to the mother, such as metropolis): metro-

Antonyms[edit]

• (with regards to gender) father
• (with regards to ancestry) daughter, son, child, offspring

Hypernyms[edit]

• (a female parent): parent

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (a female parent): father

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

• → Japanese: マザー (mazā)
• → Korean: 마더 (madeo)
• Kriol: motha

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English modren, from the noun (see above).

Verb[edit]

mother (third-person singular simple present mothers, present participle mothering, simple past and past participle mothered)

1. (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)

   • 1998, Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 101:

     Q’s sister, Debbie, had mothered two kids by the time she was twenty, with neither of the fathers in sight.

   • 2010, Lynette Joseph-Bani, The Biblical Journey of Slavery: From Egypt to the Americas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 51:

     Zilpah, Leah’s maid, mothered two sons for Jacob, Gad and Asher. Leah became pregnant once more and had two more sons, Issachar, and Zebulun, and a daughter, Dinah, thus Leah had seven children for Jacob.

2. (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
   • c. 1900, O. Henry, An Adjustment of Nature

     She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning.

3. (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).

   mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine

4. (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.

   • 1968, Evelyn Berckman, The Heir of Starvelings, page 172:

     Iron rusted, paper cracked, cream soured and vinegar mothered.

   • 2013, Richard Dauenhauer, Benchmarks: New and Selected Poems 1963-2013, page 94:

     Your lamp
     was always polished, wick
     trimmed, waiting; yet the bridegroom
     somehow never came. Summer dust
     settled in the vineyard. Grapes
     were harvested; your parents
     crushed and pressed them, but the wine
     mothered.

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company 2003.

Etymology 3[edit]

Clipping of motherfucker

Alternative forms[edit]

• mutha

Noun[edit]

mother (plural mothers)

1. (euphemistic, mildly vulgar, slang) Motherfucker.

   • 1989 December 19, Slim Randles, “Entrepreneur Hopes Luminaria Delivery Service Catches On”, in The Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 2:

     Stick a votive candle in it and fire that mother up, right?

   • 2011, Beyoncé Knowles (lyrics and music), “Run the World (Girls)”, in 4‎^[3]:

     Who run this mother

2. (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.

   • 1964, Richard L. Newhafer, The last tallyho:

     November, 1943 If ever, Cortney Anders promised himself, I get out of this mother of a thunderstorm there is a thing I will do if it is the last act of my life.

   • 1980, Chester Anderson, Fox & hare: the story of a Friday night, page 5:

     Some hot night there’s gonna be one mother of a riot down here. Just wait.» He’d been saying the same thing since 1958, five years of crying wolf.

   • 2004 Nov, Rajnar Vajra, “The Ghost Within”, in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, volume 124, page 8:

     Basically, we wind up with a program. One mother of a complex application.

   • 2006, Elizabeth Robinson, The true and outstanding adventures of the Hunt sisters:

     Josh, whose fleshy face resembles a rhino’s — beady wide-set eyes blinking between a mother of a snout

Synonyms[edit]

• MF, mofo, motherfucker, mutha

Translations[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Coined from moth by analogy to mouser.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒθə(ɹ)/

Noun[edit]

mother (plural mothers)

1. Alternative form of moth-er

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mother”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

• thermo-

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

mother

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of moder

Last Update: Jan 03, 2023

This is a question our experts keep getting from time to time. Now, we have got the complete detailed explanation and answer for everyone, who is interested!

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According to The Oxford Dictionary, ‘mother’ comes from the Old English mōdor, from the Old Germanic moder, and from the Indo-European root mehter, shared also by the Latin mater and Greek mētēr. Indo-European is a reconstructed language, origin for many modern languages. … Of course, mother and love are interconnected.

Where is the word mother derived from?

“Mother” is the modern-English equivalent of the Old English “modor,” pronounced “moh-dor.” This comes from the Latin word “mater,” pronounced “mah-ter.” I’m sure most of the fine folks reading this could guess as much; does the phrase “Alma Mater” ring any bells? It means “nourishing mother” in good-ole Latin.

Is the word mother derived from Sanskrit?

The word mother can be traced back cleanly to Proto-Indo-European, as can father, brother and sister — it appears in cognate form in languages like Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and so forth, and it may go back further.

What is the Latin root word for mother?

The Latin root matr means “mother.” This Latin root is the word origin of a good number of English vocabulary words, including matriarch, material, and matter. The root matr is easily recalled via the word maternal, for a woman who acts in a maternal fashion is being “motherly.”

Does Mort mean death?

-mort-, root. -mort- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning «death. » This meaning is found in such words as: amortize, immortal, immortality, immortalize, morgue, mortal, mortality, mortgage.

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Britannica Dictionary definition of MOTHER

Britannica Dictionary definition of MOTHER

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While Suzanna didn’t move from her place, she wanted to stay at some distance that she might look her soul’s full at her mother — _her mother_! ❋ Emily Calvin Blake (N/A)

It was different in Hella’s case, first of all because she had such frightful cramps before it began so that her mother knew all about it without being told, and secondly because it was her _mother_. ❋ Anonymous (1897)

My father did not always see when I was not able to listen to him, though he was most considerate when he did; but my mother — why, to be with her was like being with one’s own — _mother_, I was actually going to write. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

But now — now he will be taught to lie; and to hate what is good; and be brought up a Papist; and bidden to forget his mother — his _mother_! ‘ ❋ Emma Marshall (1864)

In _Coriolanus_, Shakespeare makes Volumnia the mother, and Virgilia the wife, of Coriolanus; but his _wife_ was Volumnia, and his _mother_ ❋ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1853)

But when I am gone, dearest — when my babes have no mother — oh, go to _my mother_, and tell her — tell her, William — that it was the dying request of her Maria, that she would be as a mother to them. ❋ Alexander Leighton (1837)

The only impression that his mother ought to make on Carl is what I have already told him, — namely, to respect her as _his mother_, but _not to follow her example in any respect_; he must be strongly warned against this. ❋ Ludwig Van Beethoven (1798)

Perhaps it might be _birth-dame_ for _mother_; let us stand over our mother that lies bleeding on the ground. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Iizuka said he does not believe North Korea� claim that his mother was killed in a car accident in 1986. �alf of the investigation papers North Korea gave were blacked out and my mother� name was omitted.

_divide families_, not to unite them; to rend kingdoms, not to knit them up; I am come _to set mother against daughter and daughter against mother_; I am come not to establish universal toleration, but universal ❋ Robert Hugh Benson (1892)

a bare glance at the thing shows, that a farmer, above all men living, can never carry on his affairs with profit without a wife, or a mother, or a daughter, or some such person; and _mother_ and ❋ William Cobbett (1799)

˜Bacchus™, etc. ” as he himself indeed often enough does ” one might reasonably also personify the earth as their mother, hence as ˜mother of the gods™. ❋ Sedley, David (2008)

Then he too gave a cry, half fear, half pain, saying, «It is the father of Jael — and, mother — _mother_ — there is a ❋ Bernie Babcock (N/A)

Although the word mother had positive connotations for me, it is perhaps not a coincidence, given the Western cultural tendency to marginalize motherhood, that it was on the same list as the negative qualities I expressed in relation to womanhood. ❋ Tami Lynn Kent (2011)

Use the following exercise to examine your relationship to the word mother and the way you relate to your creative ground. ❋ Tami Lynn Kent (2011)

Ponder your collective experience with the word mother and your creative potential as women. ❋ Tami Lynn Kent (2011)

Many of them were mothers, but the word mother never appeared. ❋ Tami Lynn Kent (2011)

“Omg you seen [ice spice] new post right? She’s giving mother! [Proud] [munchkin]!” ❋ Mitskilvvvr (2023)

Her: Did you do something stupid?
Me: What? No! Why did you thnk that.
Her: Because ou’re you, and you do stupid things (Ouch!)
Me: Hey…shut up!
Her: What did you say?
Me: Just stop! I don’t need to listen to this!
Her: (smacks me across head) [You don’t tell me] to shut up. I tell you to shut up. You can [go to your room] after dinner.
Me: (sigh) I wish my mother could just be grateful [I exist]… ❋ Alex4315 (2013)

I [feel] so [blessed] to have a mother like [mine]. ❋ Lorelili (2005)

1.[My mother] is going to [ditch] me for her new boyfriend.
2.The most insulting insult in Chinese is ‘caonimabi’, means ‘fuck [your mother‘s] pussy’. ❋ Peevee (2006)

That was the mother of all goals.
I need the mother of all beers to [quench] my [thirst] on a [hot day] like this. ❋ Lexi (2004)

my mother thought i was an ugly [worthless piece of shit] so she [abandoned] me and [left me] hating myself and women for life. ❋ Sonny Vitalis (2008)

[my mother] [isnt] [really] my mother if she abondons ME. ❋ Soni Vitali (2008)

#1.
Loving Mother:pls George let those [porns] and come outside for a bit, u havent left youre room for two weeks now. i dont want that u end up as nude or a satanist worshiper or even worse as a Mtv [news reader].
stupid George:piss off!!
#2.
im missing my mommy
why i have never listend to you mom
*a 40 years old Mtv news reader crashs on the floor cries and then shoots himslef into the head so that the [cleaning lady] has to do over-hours again* ❋ Pls Dont Slaughter Me For My Bad Inglish (2007)

Defining characteristics of chav mothers are:
i) A [penchant] for smoking
ii) Being single
[iii]) A love of TV-related [magazines] ❋ Salad Fingers147 (2005)

I HATE MY FUCKING MOTHER
[wish] she didn’t [give birth] to me so then i wouldn’t have to go through this [hell] NOW. ❋ Kirstyyyyyyy. (2007)

Where does the word “mother” come from? What does it mean? If, for some reason, you find yourself asking these questions, read on (and, as an aside, you might need to seek some professional help). For the wannabe linguistics geeks in the audience, this one is for you. Let’s a-fix ourselves to be a-learnin’ some etymology.

Before I get going, I’m sure there’s more than one curious soul in the audience wondering: “What the heck is etymology?” or perhaps: “Is etymology contagious?” Fear not. Etymology is just where a word comes from: its origins. As to its contagiousness, I suppose it depends on how interested you are in etymology. If the answer is “very much,” then you’re probably going to get infected. Sorry to tell you, but etymology is basically the Stone Age equivalent to internet memes unless you count those cave paintings (which you shouldn’t).

Let’s get back to talking about where our word of the hour comes from. “Mother” is the modern-English equivalent of the Old English “modor,” pronounced “moh-dor.” This comes from the Latin word “mater,” pronounced “mah-ter.” I’m sure most of the fine folks reading this could guess as much; does the phrase “Alma Mater” ring any bells? It means “nourishing mother” in good-ole Latin.

The Latin-originating prefix “matr-“ is sprinkled through the English language. A “matriarchy”? That’s a governing body or system lead by women. Was that one too easy? How about “material”? Or “matter”? These are the building blocks of reality: the “mothers” from which we construct things.

“Wait!” I hear you cry. “Does that mean the stuff we build are linguistic children? Wouldn’t they be our children, not the children of the stuff we are using to build them?” To you, my curious audience, I tell you: Listen here, buster brown. If all this is sounding like it doesn’t make sense, blame the language and not me. I’m just the messenger. I don’t make these awesome, stupid rules I only report them.

You’re welcome. 

But Latin is not the end of where we will go. There is a language from which even Latin, the most pretentious of languages, draws its origins. This language is generally referred to as the Proto-Indo-European language. (That’s the PIE language, to the laymen. Delicious.) This is the language that (hypothetically) branched out into the languages that most people speak today. Latin (and therefore a big chunk of English and romance languages like French, Italian and Spanish), Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Iranian, Albanian, Armenian, Celtic, Baltic and Slavic, among others,  can all trace a bunch of their words back to this hypothesized language.

I say “hypothesized” because there are no written documents to document this language’s existence. It had to get reconstructed piece by piece by looking up common factors between these languages (which is known as the “comparative method,” if you want to double-check my writing with a quick Wikipedia search). In this language, the word for “mother” was pronounced “may-ter.” I would give something like the original spelling, except there isn’t any.

So, there you have it: the etymological roots of the word we are all so jazzed about. The next time you are stuck in line getting groceries, you’ll have one more fun fact to pull out of your hat to bore the cashier. Again, you’re welcome.

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Hearing the word «mothered», one involuntarily thinks about some dangerous and hardened person who has seen everything and experienced even more. And to face something like this, all desire disappears. But in vain! Read this article and you will find out what a hardened person means. And, most likely, your opinion will change. After all, with a probability of one hundred percent, it may turn out that you are also “mature” in something.

Meaning of the word

Let’s consider what a hardened one means. Linguists often argue about the origins of this word, but most often a variant of the Latin language, one of the most ancient, is considered.

Maturus from Latin translates as ripe, mature. This also includes the last term of pregnancy, being in the prime, at the zenith. Dahl’s dictionary says that motherhood is hugeness, largeness, fatness. The word refers to a person or animal who has come to the peak of his development, the prime of life.

Now contemporaries divide meaning into three main concepts:

• In a biological concept, this is maturity, for example, a seasoned wolf.
• In the colloquial concept of quality — experienced, knowledgeable,in charge, for example, a seasoned person.
• In the colloquial concept of behavior — a notorious, experienced, for example, hardened criminal.

Unfortunately, not everyone knows what a seasoned person is in the broadest sense of the word, but if they are remembered, it is more often a negative connotation, associated either with gangsters, or with domestic «gopniks», or just with a petty hooligan Pashka. It’s nice to know that you can not only not be offended by the word «hardened», but also freely use it in speech.

Where did «motherhood» come from

And yet, a specific «manufacturer» of this concept has not yet been found. Since language groups borrowed a lot from each other, new languages, concepts, peoples and customs were created in the process of migration, the word “mother” is just a modified concept that could come from anywhere.

Some experts believe that the root is the word «mother» and the origin of the word can be justified by Russian roots. Because only a mature woman who is ready for this can become a mother. And seasoned means that a person is an independent, mature person from the guardianship of his mother.

However, many do not agree with this opinion. In other European languages there are words very similar in meaning and sound: Spanish (madura) — ripe, mature; Italian (maturo) — mature, bold; Romanian (matur) — mature; English (mature) — ripe, mature.

How to use the word. And is it necessary?

Definitely, you can and should use this word inhis speech.

Firstly, there will be a reason to expand your vocabulary and surprise others, and at the same time explain what a seasoned person means.

Secondly, if there are children in the family, it will be better if they learn about the meaning at home than its meaning is distorted by “knowledgeable” peers. Many children have a false synonym for the words «mat» and «mother». It is also useful to dispel this myth in the child’s head. Of course, of a conscious age and in the form of an unobtrusive game. This way you can explain any difficult word to your child.

If we consider motherhood as a quality of a person, then this is the ability to be experienced, a professional in his field, to be incorrigible and notorious, hardened in some occupation.

In the modern lexicon

Unfortunately, there is a natural transformation of the Russian language into a new, modern manner, so the meaning of many words is forgotten or completely eradicated.

More often in the media and vernacular, the variant of the description of an inveterate person who has known life from different angles is used. More often used by older generations, young people use the synonyms «rabid», «reckless», «dangerous», which more reflect the fearless character.

Now you have learned in more detail what the word mother means, and you have seen from examples how it can display several semantic situations at once. We advise you to read literature more often and write out unfamiliar words so that there is a reason to look into the dictionary. This not only broadens the mind, but also trains the memory.

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  mother
  
  

  mother [ˊmʌðə]

  1) мать; ма́тушка; мама́ша;

  M. Superior мать-настоя́тельница

  2) нача́ло, исто́чник

  а) родно́й язы́к;

  б) праязы́к

  mother wit приро́дный ум; здра́вый смысл; смека́лка

  1) быть ма́терью, роди́ть

  2) относи́ться по-матери́нски; охраня́ть, леле́ять

  3) усыновля́ть; брать на воспита́ние

  4) порожда́ть, вызыва́ть к жи́зни

  5) припи́сывать а́вторство;

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > mother

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  mother
  
  

  mother:

  false stem mother ложная основательница (особь, дающая одно поколение в цикле размножения у тлей)

  stem mother основательница (особь, начинающая партеногенетический цикл размножения у тлей)

  true stem mother истинная основательница (особь, начинающая не менее чем двухгодичный цикл размножения у тлей)

  English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > mother

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  mother-to-be
  
  

  mother-to-be [ˏmʌðətəˊbi:]

  n

  бере́менная же́нщина; бу́дущая ма́ма

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > mother-to-be

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  mother
  
  

  Персональный Сократ > mother

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  mother
  
  

  1. n мать; мама; матушка

  2. n мать, матушка

  3. n разг. матушка

  4. n начало, источник

  5. n хим. маточный раствор

  Mother of Presidents, Mother of States — штат Виргиния

  6. v относиться по-матерински; охранять, лелеять

  7. v усыновлять; брать на воспитание

  8. v вскармливать

  9. v редк. быть матерью, родить

  10. v редк. порождать, вызывать к жизни

  11. v редк. признавать себя матерью

  12. v редк. приписывать материнство

  13. v редк. признавать себя автором

  14. v редк. приписывать авторство

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. parent (noun) ma; mama; mamma; mammy; matriarch; mom; mommy; mum; mummy; parent

  2. source (noun) derivation; fount; fountain; fountainhead; inception; origin; provenance; provenience; root; rootage; rootstock; source; spring; well; wellhead; wellspring; whence

  4. nurse (verb) nurse; nurture; raise; rear; tend

  Антонимический ряд:

  child; father; neglect

  English-Russian base dictionary > mother

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  mother
  
  

  ˈmʌðə
  1. сущ.
  1) а) мать She was like a mother to them. ≈ Она была им как мать. expectant mother ≈ женщина, готовящаяся стать матерью, будущая мать foster mother ≈ приемная мать nursing mother ≈ кормящая мать surrogate mother ≈ суррогатная мать (женщина, вынашивающая чужого ребенка) unwed mother ≈ мать-одиночка welfare mother ≈ одинокая неработающая женщина, получающая пособие на маленьких детей working mother ≈ работающая мать Mother of God, God’s Mother ≈ Дева Мария Syn: mamma, mummy б) материнские чувства The mother in my soul was strong. ≈ В моей душе были очень сильны материнские чувства. в) мать, матушка Mother Superior ≈ мать-настоятельница, игуменья г) амер.;
  сл. = mother-fucker
  2) относится к более или менее персонифицированным вещам, метафорически отражающим разные свойства матери: произведение на свет, материнскую заботу, любовь к матери а) источник, начало Necessity is the mother of invention. ≈ Потребность — это источник изобретательности. Syn: spring I
  1., source, origin б) земля But the common mother of us all in no long time after received him gently into her lap. ( Lamb) ≈ Но наша общая мать-земля вскоре приняла его в свои нежные объятия. в) церковь г) страна Mother Russia ≈ матушка Россия
  3) инкубатор (тж. artificial mother) ∙ every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) ≈ все без исключения, все до одного mother wit ≈ природный ум, смекалка
  2. гл.
  1) а) быть матерью, родить, производить на свет б) перен. порождать, вызывать к жизни Syn: produce
  2.
  2) относиться по-матерински;
  заботиться, воспитывать, охранять Someone will take up the girl and mother her. ≈ Кто-нибудь возьмет девочку и будет о ней заботится.
  3) а) признавать себя матерью б) приписывать материнство (on, upon) в) приписывать авторство
  4) усыновлять;
  брать на воспитание
  мать;
  мама;
  матушка — the * of six мать шестерых детей — expectant * будущая мать — * love материнская любовь — *’s milk материнское молоко (M.) мать, матушка (вежливое обращение) ;
  мать, матушка (церк. звание) — * Theresa мать Тереза — * Superior мать-настоятельница (разговорное) матушка (об уважаемой простой женщине) начало, источник — * of all vices источник /мать/ всех пороков (химическое) маточный раствор > every *’s son (of you, of them) все (вы, они) все без исключения, все до одного > *’s help домашняя работница;
  няня;
  прислуга за все > M. of Presidents, M. of States (американизм) штат Виргиния > necessity is the * of invention необходимость — мать изобретательности;
  голь на выдумки хитра относиться по-матерински;
  охранять, лелеять — she always *s her lodgers она всегда балует своих жильцов усыновлять;
  брать на воспитание — to * another’a child воспитать чужого ребенка вскармливать( обыкн. * upon) — a young wolf was *ed upon a bitch волчонок был вскормлен собакой (редкое) быть матерью, родить — to * six children родить шестерых детей порождать, вызывать к жизни — to * revolt породить /вызвать/ восстание /мятеж/ признавать себя матерью — to * another’s child признать себя матерью чужого ребенка (on, upon) приписывать авторство — this book was *ed (up) on her эту книгу приписывали ей
  adoptive ~ приемная мать adoptive ~ усыновительница
  child day-care ~ воспитательница( в детском саду или яслях) ;
  дневная няня;
  гувернантка
  day-care ~ дневная няня
  ~ earth мать сыра земля;
  every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного;
  mother wit природный ум;
  здравый смысл;
  смекалка
  foster ~ приемная мать
  mother быть матерью, родить ~ инкубатор;
  брудер (тж. artificial mother) ~ источник ~ мать;
  матушка;
  мамаша;
  Mother Superior мать настоятельница ~ мать ~ начало, источник ~ относиться по-матерински;
  охранять, лелеять ~ порождать, вызывать к жизни ~ приписывать авторство;
  this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. ~ усыновлять;
  брать на воспитание
  ~ earth мать сыра земля;
  every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного;
  mother wit природный ум;
  здравый смысл;
  смекалка
  ~ мать;
  матушка;
  мамаша;
  Mother Superior мать настоятельница superior: ~ настоятель(ница) ;
  Father Superior игумен;
  Mother Superior игуменья
  ~ earth мать сыра земля;
  every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного;
  mother wit природный ум;
  здравый смысл;
  смекалка
  single ~ мать-одиночка
  ~ приписывать авторство;
  this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х.
  unmarried ~ незамужняя мать

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > mother

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  mother
  
  

  [ˈmʌðə]

  adoptive mother приемная мать adoptive mother усыновительница child day-care mother воспитательница (в детском саду или яслях); дневная няня; гувернантка day-care mother дневная няня mother earth мать сыра земля; every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного; mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка foster mother приемная мать mother быть матерью, родить mother инкубатор; брудер (тж. artificial mother) mother источник mother мать; матушка; мамаша; Mother Superior мать настоятельница mother мать mother начало, источник mother относиться по-матерински; охранять, лелеять mother порождать, вызывать к жизни mother приписывать авторство; this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. mother усыновлять; брать на воспитание mother earth мать сыра земля; every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного; mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка mother мать; матушка; мамаша; Mother Superior мать настоятельница superior: mother настоятель(ница); Father Superior игумен; Mother Superior игуменья mother earth мать сыра земля; every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного; mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка single mother мать-одиночка mother приписывать авторство; this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. unmarried mother незамужняя мать

  English-Russian short dictionary > mother

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  mother
  
  

  [‘mʌðə]
  1.

  сущ.

  1)

  She was like a mother to them. — Она была им как мать.

  unwed mother, single mother — мать-одиночка

  welfare mother — амер. одинокая неработающая женщина, получающая пособие на маленьких детей

  Mother of God; God’s Mother — рел. Богоматерь, Богородица, Дева Мария

  Syn:

  The mother in my soul was strong. — В моей душе были очень сильны материнские чувства.

  2) источник, начало

  Necessity is the mother of invention. — Нужда — мать изобретательности.

  Syn:

  But the common mother of us all in no long time after received him gently into her lap. (Lamb) — Но наша общая мать-земля вскоре приняла его в свои нежные объятия.

  4)

  ; = Mother Church мать

  6) инкубатор

  7) что-л. непревзойдённое, исключительное

  ••

  
  — mother wit
  2.

  гл.

  1)

  а) быть матерью, родить, производить на свет

  б) порождать, производить, создавать

  Syn:

  2) относиться по-матерински; заботиться, воспитывать, охранять

  Someone will take up the girl and mother her. — Кто-нибудь возьмёт девочку и будет о ней заботиться.

  3)

  б) приписывать материнство

  4) усыновлять; брать на воспитание

  Англо-русский современный словарь > mother

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  mother
  
  

  1. [ʹmʌðə]

  1. мать; мама; матушка

  the mother of six [of a family] — мать шестерых детей [семейства]

  2. (Mother)

  2) мать, матушка (

  звание)

  3. начало, источник

  mother of all vices — источник /мать/ всех пороков

  every mother’s son (of you, of them) — все (вы, они) без исключения, все до одного

  mother’s help — домашняя работница; няня; прислуга за всё

  Mother of Presidents, Mother of States — шутл. штат Виргиния

  necessity is the mother of invention — необходимость — мать изобретательности; ≅ голь на выдумки хитра

  2. [ʹmʌðə]

  1. относиться по-матерински; охранять, лелеять

  2. 1) усыновлять; брать на воспитание

  to mother another’s child — воспитать чужого ребёнка [ тж. 4, 1)]

  2) вскармливать (

  mother upon)

  1) быть матерью, родить

  2) порождать, вызывать к жизни

  to mother revolt — породить /вызвать/ восстание /мятеж/

  4. 1) признавать себя матерью

  to mother another’s child — признать себя матерью чужого ребёнка [ тж. 2, 1)]

  2) (on, upon) приписывать материнство

  5. 1) признавать себя автором

  2) (on, upon) приписывать авторство

  this book [joke] was mothered (up)on her — эту книгу [шутку] приписывали ей

  НБАРС > mother

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  mother
  
  

  мать
  имя существительное:

  глагол:

  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > mother

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  mother
  
  

  [‘mʌðə]

  n

  — good mother

  
  — one’s mother-in-law
  — at one’s mother’s
  — is Mother at home?
  — is your mother at home?
  — necessity is the mother of invention
  — repetition is the mother of learning

  USAGE:

  (1.) Существительное mother относится к группе слов, обозначающих родственников: father, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, grandmother, etc, которые употребляются с неопределенным артиклем для обозначения родственных отношений: I have got a brother у меня есть брат; he has got an aunt у него есть тетя. (2.) Если слова mother, father относятся к родственникам говорящего, то они обычно употребляются с предшествующим притяжательным местоимением и пишутся с прописной буквы: his aunt, her uncle, their father. Если слова mother, father относятся к самому говорящему, то они употребляются без артикля и пишутся с заглавной буквы: Mother is not in yet (моя) мама еще не пришла; Father is not up yet отец еще не встал (мой отец). Остальные слова этой группы (aunt, uncle, sister, cousin, brother), как правило, употребляются с последующим именем собственным или предшествующим притяжательным местоимением: aunt Lucy, uncle Bob. Говоря о чьих-либо родственниках, употребляют притяжательное местоимение (даже при употреблении имен собственных): is your uncle Bob coming? Что, твой дядя Боб приезжает? (3.) See aunt, n; USAGE (1.), (2.).

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > mother

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  mother
  
  

  I

  n

  Come along now, mother, get into the ambulance — Иди, мать, садись в машину

  I don’t want any slipup on this job. Who’s gonna be our mother? — Я хочу, чтобы это дело прошло как по маслу. Кто у нас понесет оружие?

  I know what it means, you mother — Я знаю, что это означает, придурок

  II

  AmE vulg sl

  During the nights I got scared like hell because they slept so quietly I thought every mother son of them had kicked the bucket — По ночам я дрожал от страха, потому что они спали так тихо, что я уже думал, что эти сукины дети все до одного дали дуба

  III

  AmE vulg sl

  Use your own hand, mother! — Дрочи сам, твою мать!

  The new dictionary of modern spoken language > mother

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  mother
  
  

  Large English-Russian phrasebook > mother

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  mother
  
  

  1) мать; матушка; мамаша; Mother Superior мать настоятельница

  2) начало, источник

  3) инкубатор; брудер (

  тж.

  artificial mother)

  4) (

  attr.

  ) mother tongue а> родной язык;

  б) праязык

  mother earth мать сыра земля

  every mother’s son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного

  mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка

  1) относиться по-матерински; охранять, лелеять

  2) усыновлять; брать на воспитание

  3) быть матерью, родить

  4) порождать, вызывать к жизни

  5) приписывать авторство; this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х.

  * * *

  * * *

  * * *

  [moth·er || ‘mʌðə(r)]
  мать, мама, матушка, мамаша; начало, источник
  относиться по матерински, усыновлять, брать на воспитание, быть матерью, родить
  мать

  * * *

  иметь

  мама

  маты

  мать

  родительница

  * * *

  1. сущ.
  1) а) мать
  б) материнские чувства
  в) мать
  г) амер.; сленг = mother-fucker
  2) а) источник
  б) земля
  в) церковь
  г) страна
  3) инкубатор (тж. artificial mother)
  2. гл.
  1) а) быть матерью, родить, производить на свет
  б) перен. порождать, вызывать к жизни
  2) относиться по-матерински

  Новый англо-русский словарь > mother

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  mother
  
  

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  mother
  
  

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  mother
  
  

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  mother
  
  

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  mother
  
  

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