# madre
## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈma.ð̞ɾe]
* Rhymes: -adɾe
* Hyphenation: ma‧dre

### Noun

madre f (plural madres)
* 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: /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈmad̪.ɾ̪e]
* Hyphenation: mad‧re

### Noun

madre (Badlit spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* a nun
    Synonyms: abadesa, mongha

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish madre.

### Noun

madre
* nun

## French
### Etymology

From Old French madre, developed (with dr < sdr < sr as e.g. in coudre) from earlier *mas(d)re, from Frankish *masur, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz (“veined, knobby or singed wood”). Cognate with German Maser, Old Norse mǫsurr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /madʁ/

### Noun

madre m (uncountable)
* veined wood

#### Related terms

* madré

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈma.ð̞ɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -adɾe
* Hyphenation: ma‧dre

### Noun

madre f (plural madres)
* (formal) mother
    Synonym: nai
* riverbed
* kernel of a cable
* (fishing) main line (in longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached)
    Synonym: estrallo
* tartar
    Synonym: sarro
* (also in the plural) womb; placenta
    Synonym: empreñadeira
* (games) base, safe place, haven
* (Catholicism, formal) nun

#### Derived terms

* esmadroar
* madreselva

### References

* “madre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “madre”, 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), “madre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “madre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.dre/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adre
* Hyphenation: mà‧dre

### Noun

madre f (plural madri)
* mother

### Adjective

madre (invariable)
* (relational) mother
    lavoratrice madre ― working mother (literally, “mother worker”)
* that constitutes the origin of subsequent facts and phenomena
    causa madre ― root cause
** 2020 October 1, Massimo Basile, “Misogini, anti-immigrati, suprematisti: chi sono i Proud Boys sdoganati da Trump [Misogynists, suprematists: who are the Proud Boys legitimated by Trump]”, in la Repubblica‎:Si può far parte a vari livelli, da urlare in pubblico slogan pro occidente a farsi tatuare il nome Proud Boys fino alla prova madre: partecipare a scontri.You can be a part of it at various levels, from yelling pro-Western slogans in public to tattooing the name Proud Boys all the way to the principal test: participating in clashes.

#### Related terms

* dura madre
* madre sostitutiva
* madrecicala
* madreggiare
* madrelingua, madre lingua
* madrepatria
* madreperla
* madrevite
* madrina
* matre
* matrigna
* vicemadre

### See also

* (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio
* 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 (Hebrew spelling מאדרי)
* 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: /ˈmadɾe/

### Noun

madre f (plural madres)
* mother
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 4 (facsimile):
    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
* riverbed
** c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 183:et nõ colle as agoas nẽ as torna aa madre ata quea noyte nõ aja as oras ygoães cõ odia. Et em esta rrazõ sobre este lugar da fonte do Nylo achamos que ouverõ [hũus] dos auçiaos hũa créénça vãa: queo cresçer da fonte do Nylo donde el sal por las terras et rrega as herdades, diziam que aquel cresçer quelle [vyña] daquelas neves de Etiopiaand [the Nile] doesn't take the waters nor return them to the riverbed till the night has its hours equal to that of the day. Because of this, about this place of the source of the Nile, we find that some of the old scholars had a vain belief: that the flooding of the Nile's source, where it springs from the earth and waters the fields, was due to the snows of Ethiopia

#### Descendants

* Galician: madre
* Portuguese: madre

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “madre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “madre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.dɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.dɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.dɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.dɾɨ/ [ˈma.ðɾɨ]

### Noun

madre f (plural madres)
* (Christianity) mother (nun)
    Madre superiora. ― Mother superior.
* (anatomy) womb
* mold

### Further reading

* “madre”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “madre”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “madre” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “madre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “madre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “madre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈma.ð̞ɾe]
* Audio (Bolivia):(file)
* Rhymes: -adɾe
* Syllabification: ma‧dre

### Noun

madre f (plural madres)
* mother
    Synonym: mamá
* (figuratively) mother (source or origin)
    Synonyms: causa, raíz, origen
* (Christianity) mother (nun)
* (hydrology) riverbed
    Synonyms: álveo, cauce, lecho
* dregs (of a drink)
* (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, slang) thing

#### Coordinate terms

* padre

#### Derived terms

* (colloquial, Mexico) a toda madre
* célula madre
* chingar a su madre
* chingar la madre
* ciento y la madre
* comadre
* concha de de madre
* (vulgar) conchatumadre
* de madre
* (vulgar, colloquial) de puta madre
* desde el vientre de su madre
* (colloquial, Mexico) desmadre
* Día de la Madre
* (vulgar, Mexico) hasta la madre (“pregnant; fed up, full”)
* hasta la madre
* hijo de su madre
* la madre del cordero
* la madre putria
* la madre que te parió
* madecita (diminutive)
* madrastra
* madraza (augmentative)
* madre biológica
* madre de alquiler
* madre de clavo
* madre de familia
* madre de familias
* madre de leche
* madre de niños
* madre del cordero
* madre mía
* Madre Tierra
* (vulgar, Mexico) madrear
* madrina
* mal de madre
* masa madre
* mentada de madre
* mentar la madre
* ni madre
* placa madre
* puta madre
* qué poca madre
* reina madre
* roca madre
* sacar la madre
* salirse de madre
* (vulgar) tu madre
* valer madre

#### Related terms

* materno
* matriz

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: madre

### Further reading

* “madre”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmadɾe/ [ˈmaː.d̪ɾɛ]
* Rhymes: -adɾe
* Syllabification: ma‧dre

### Noun

madre (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* (Catholicism) nun
    Synonyms: relihiyosa, sister
* (geology) mother lode
    Synonym: inang-bato
* (carpentry, in general) frame; spindle; principal piece, log, or beam
    Synonyms: hamba, balangkas
* (chemistry) principal chemical vehicle (in a solution)
* (archaic, rare) mother
    Synonyms: ina, nanay, inay, inang, mama

#### Derived terms

* madrehin
* madreng bintana
* madreng hagdan
* madreng kariton
* madreng pinto
* magmadre
* pagmadrehin
* pagmamadre

#### Related terms

* agwamadre
* komadre
* komadrona
* kumare
* madera
* Madre Dolorosa
* Madre Superyora
* madrekakaw
* madresilba
* madrigal
* madrina
* mare
* maternal
* maternidad
* materyal
* materyales
* materyalismo
* materyalista
* materyalistiko
* matrikula
* matrimonyal
* matrimonyo
* matris
* matrisidyo
* matriyarka
* matriyarkal
* matrona
* mudra
* ninang
* Sierra Madre

#### See also

* mongha
* padre
* pari

### Further reading

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