# comadre
## Galician
### Etymology

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Spanish and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈmaðɾɪ]
* Hyphenation: co‧ma‧dre

### Noun

comadre f (plural comadres)
* midwife
* the godmother of one's child
* the mother of one's godchild
* a very dear and honoured female friend; cummer
* (humorous, mildly derogatory) gossipmonger

#### Related terms

* madre

#### See also

* compadre

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “comadre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comadre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comadre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comadre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Galician and Spanish comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈma.dɾi/, /kuˈma.dɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈma.dɾi/, /kuˈma.dɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koˈma.dɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈma.dɾɨ/ [kuˈma.ðɾɨ]
* Hyphenation: co‧ma‧dre

### Noun

comadre f (plural comadres, masculine compadre, masculine plural compadres)
* midwife
* the godmother of one's child
* the mother of one's godchild
* a very dear and honoured female friend
* gossip

#### Related terms

* madre

#### Descendants

* Kadiwéu: inigomaadile

#### See also

* madrinha
* padrinho
* confrade

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Galician and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈmadɾe/ [koˈma.ð̞ɾe]
* Rhymes: -adɾe
* Syllabification: co‧ma‧dre

### Noun

comadre f (plural comadres)
* midwife
    Synonym: partera
* the godmother of one's child
    Synonym: madrina
* the mother of one's godchild
* a very dear and honoured female friend; sister
* (colloquial) a female gossipper, busybody
* (colloquial) go-between
* female equivalent of compadre

#### Derived terms

* comadreja

#### Related terms

* madre

#### Descendants

* → Belizean Creole: komaajreh

#### See also

* comadrona f
* compadre m
* madrina f
* partera f

### Further reading

* “comadre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10