matro

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ido matro, from Latin māter (mother).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmatro]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atro
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tro

Noun

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matro (accusative singular matron, plural matroj, accusative plural matrojn)

  1. (literary, neologism) mother
    Synonyms: patrino, (child's term) panjo (mom, mommy)
    Coordinate term: patro (father)

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian madreSpanish madre, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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matro (plural matri)

  1. mother
    Synonyms: mama, (diminutive) matreto, (archaic) patrino
    Hypernyms: genitoro (parent), (archaic) patro (parent)
    Coordinate terms: patro (father), papa (father), (diminutive) patreto, (archaic) patrulo

Usage notes

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Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: matro

Further reading

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  • matr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

Swedish

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Etymology

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From mat (food) +‎ ro (peace, tranquility). Compare Finnish ruokarauha.

Noun

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matro c

  1. peace and quiet while eating
    Ge oss matroLet us eat in peace

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References

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