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<span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.1</span> <span>Synonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Synonyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Antonyms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Antonyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.2</span> <span>Antonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Antonyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hypernyms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hypernyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.3</span> <span>Hypernyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hypernyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coordinate_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coordinate_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.4</span> <span>Coordinate terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coordinate_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.5</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.6</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.7</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.8</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Verb" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Translations_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.1</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.2</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Synonyms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Synonyms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2.1</span> <span>Synonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Synonyms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2.2</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Etymology 4</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item 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Available in 98 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-98" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">98 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://yue.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother" title="mother – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="mother" data-language-autonym="中文" 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data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wiktionary, the free dictionary</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also"><i>See also:</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/Mother" title="Mother">Mother</a></b> <i>and</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/moth-er" title="moth-er">moth-er</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="was-wotd floatright" style="padding-right: 1em"><span title="This was a Wiktionary Word of the Day"><small><i><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2016/April#3" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2016/April">WOTD – 3 April 2016</a></i></small></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_(disambiguation)" class="extiw" title="w:Mother (disambiguation)">Mother (disambiguation)</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_(disambiguation)" class="extiw" title="w:Mother (disambiguation)">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mother" class="extiw" title="w:mother">mother</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mother" class="extiw" title="w:mother">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmʌðə/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-uk-mother.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-uk-mother.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/En-uk-mother.ogg/En-uk-mother.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-uk-mother.ogg" title="File:en-uk-mother.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmʌðɚ/</span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-mother.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/En-us-mother.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/En-us-mother.ogg/En-us-mother.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-mother.ogg" title="File:en-us-mother.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:New Zealand English phonology">New Zealand</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmɐðə/</span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-au-mother.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/En-au-mother.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/En-au-mother.ogg/En-au-mother.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-au-mother.ogg" title="File:en-au-mother.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Northern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English language in Northern England">Northern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmʊðə/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English" class="extiw" title="w:Hiberno-English">Ireland</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmʊðəɹ/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish English">Scotland</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_English" class="extiw" title="w:Ulster English">Northern Ireland</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmʌðəɹ/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%CA%8C%C3%B0%C9%99(%C9%B9)" title="Rhymes:English/ʌðə(ɹ)"><span class="IPA">-ʌðə(ɹ)</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">moth‧er</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul id="English:_female_parent"></ul><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r80869814">.mw-parser-output .etytree{width:max-content;max-width:100%;overflow:hidden;box-sizing:border-box}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .etytree{min-width:min-content}@media screen and (max-width:719px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .etytree{width:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .etytree .NavHead>div{width:unset!important}}</style><div class="etytree NavFrame" data-etytree-height="6" data-etytree-width="1"><div class="NavHead" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><div style="width:25em">Etymology tree</div></div><div class="NavContent" style="overflow:auto"><div style="width:fit-content;margin:auto;padding:0.5em;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center"><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Proto-Indo-European</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/m%C3%A9h%E2%82%82t%C4%93r#Proto-Indo-European:_mother" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méh₂tēr">*méh₂tēr</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Proto-Germanic</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/m%C5%8Dd%C4%93r#Proto-Germanic:_mother" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōdēr">*mōdēr</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Proto-West Germanic</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/m%C5%8Dder#Proto-West_Germanic:_mother" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōder">*mōder</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Old English</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/modor#Old_English:_mother" title="modor">mōdor</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Middle English</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/moder#Middle_English:_mother" title="moder">moder</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">English</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><b>mother</b></i></span></div></div></div></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/moder#Middle_English" title="moder">moder</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/modor#Old_English" title="modor">mōdor</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/m%C5%8Dder" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōder">*mōder</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/m%C5%8Dd%C4%93r" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōdēr">*mōdēr</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/m%C3%A9h%E2%82%82t%C4%93r" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méh₂tēr">*méh₂tēr</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Madeira#English" title="Madeira">Madeira</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mata#English" title="mata">mata</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mater#English" title="mater">mater</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matrix#English" title="matrix">matrix</a></i><span class="serial-comma">,</span><span class="serial-and"> and</span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matter#English" title="matter">matter</a></i>. </p><p>Some have proposed that the "dregs" sense is from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/modder#Middle_Dutch" title="modder">modder</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">filth</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mu%C3%BEraz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/muþraz">*muþraz</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">sediment</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, but <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/modder#Middle_Dutch" title="modder">modder</a></i> 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 <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/moer#Dutch" title="moer">moer</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/m%C3%A8re_de_vinaigre#French" title="mère de vinaigre">mère de vinaigre</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Essigmutter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Essigmutter (page does not exist)">Essigmutter</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Italian language">Italian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/madre#Italian" title="madre">madre</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/mater#Latin" title="mater">māter</a></i>, and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Spanish language">Spanish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/madre#Spanish" title="madre">madre</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mither#English" title="mither">mither</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">Scotland and Northern England</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mother</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothers#English" title="mothers">mothers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_Q7560" data-lang="en" data-id="Q7560">A <a href="/wiki/female" title="female">female</a> <a href="/wiki/parent" title="parent">parent</a>, especially of a <a href="/wiki/human" title="human">human</a>; a female who <a href="/wiki/parent#Verb" title="parent">parents</a> a <a href="/wiki/child" title="child">child</a> (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). <dl><dd><span class="nyms hyponym"><span class="defdate">Hyponym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matron#English" title="matron">matron</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I am visiting my <b>mother</b> today.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The lioness was a <b>mother</b> of four cubs.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/female" title="female">female</a> who has given <a href="/wiki/birth" title="birth">birth</a> to a <a href="/wiki/baby" title="baby">baby</a>; this person in relation to her child or children. <dl><dd><span class="nyms hyponym"><span class="defdate">Hyponym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matron#English" title="matron">matron</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">My sister-in-law has just become a <b>mother</b> for the first time.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">He had something of his <b>mother</b> in him.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1988</b></span>, Robert Ferro, <cite>Second Son</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He had something of his <b>mother</b> in him, but this was because he realized that in the end only her love was unconditional, and in gratitude he had emulated her.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, Trudelle Thomas, <cite>Spirituality in the Mother Zone: Staying Centered, Finding God</cite>, Paulist Press, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780809142989" title="Special:BookSources/9780809142989">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">41</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The "Ritual to Celebrate Birthing" begins with a leader welcoming all participants : "Welcome to this celebration for <i>N</i>. She is approaching the time when she will become a <b>mother</b> for the first time (or become a <b>mother</b> again).</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/pregnant" title="pregnant">pregnant</a> <a href="/wiki/female" title="female">female</a>; <a href="/wiki/mother-to-be" title="mother-to-be">mother-to-be</a>; a female who <a href="/wiki/gestate" title="gestate">gestates</a> a baby. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the <b>mother</b> are conveyed to the fetus.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1991</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Faludi" class="extiw" title="w:Susan Faludi">Susan Faludi</a>, <cite>The Undeclared War Against American Women</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the <b>mother</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2006</b></span>, <cite>Multiplicity Yours: Cloning, Stem Cell Research, and Regenerative Medicine</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789814477567" title="Special:BookSources/9789814477567">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">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 <b>mother</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2023</b> January 16, Reinhard Renneberg, <cite>Biotechnology for Beginners</cite>, Academic Press, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780323855709" title="Special:BookSources/9780323855709">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">317</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">If the cat to be cloned is female, the nucleus donor cat could also be used as the surrogate <b>mother</b> instead of another cat.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A female who <a href="/wiki/donate" title="donate">donates</a> a <a href="/wiki/fertilize" title="fertilize">fertilized</a> <a href="/wiki/egg" title="egg">egg</a> or donates a body cell which has resulted in a <a href="/wiki/clone" title="clone">clone</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/biological#English:_source_of_maternal_DNA,_nongestating_type" title="biological">biological</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English:_source_of_maternal_DNA,_nongestating_type">mother</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A female <a href="/wiki/ancestor" title="ancestor">ancestor</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate term:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matriarch#English" title="matriarch">matriarch</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1530</b> January 27 (Gregorian calendar), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale" class="extiw" title="w:William Tyndale">W[illiam] T[yndale]</a>, transl., <cite><span style="font-style:normal">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah" class="extiw" title="w:Torah">The Pentateuch</a><span style="font-style:normal">]</span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Tyndale Bible">Tyndale Bible</a>), Malborow <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Marburg<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, Hesse: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Imprented at Malborow in the lande of Hesse⸝ by me">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Lufft" class="extiw" title="w:Hans Lufft">Hans Luft</a> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1203881880">→OCLC</a></small>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Genesis">Genesis</a> iij:[20], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ThePentateuch/page/n12/mode/1up">folio iiij, verso</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">And <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam" class="extiw" title="w:Adam">Adã</a> called his wyfe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve" class="extiw" title="w:Eve">Heua</a>⸝ becauſe ſhe was the <b>mother</b> of all that lyveth</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A source or origin. <dl><dd><span class="nyms near-synonym"><span class="defdate">Near-synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matrix#English" title="matrix">matrix</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The Mediterranean was <b>mother</b> to many cultures and languages.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <b>1606</b> (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" class="extiw" title="w:Macbeth">The Tragedie of Macbeth</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act IV, scene iii<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/147/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">147</span></a>, column 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Alas poore Countrey, / Almoſt affraid to know it ſelfe. It cannot / Be call’d our <b>Mother</b>, but our Graue;</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1844</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Arnold" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Arnold">Thomas Arnold</a>, <cite>Fragment on the Church</cite>, volume 1, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hh8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA17&dq=%22mother+falsehood+from+which+all+idolatry+is+derived%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p09OU4rYBYGbkgWItICgCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mother%20falsehood%20from%20which%20all%20idolatry%20is%20derived%22&f=false">page <span class="None" lang="und">17</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the <b>mother</b> falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2013</b> October 31, Rowena Mason, quoting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steel" class="extiw" title="w:David Steel">David Steel</a>, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in <cite>The Guardian</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/31/lord-steel-criticises-culture-spin-doctors-twitter-politics">[1]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">How on earth are we supposed to hold our heads high as the ‘<b>mother</b> of parliaments’ when we allow to continue the practice of almost openly buying a seat in parliament?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>Something that is the <a href="/wiki/greatest" title="greatest">greatest</a> or most <a href="/wiki/significant" title="significant">significant</a> of its <a href="/wiki/kind" title="kind">kind</a>. <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">See <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_all#English" title="mother of all">mother of all</a></i>.</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms near-synonym"><span class="defdate">Near-synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Big_One#English" title="Big One">Big One</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>1991</b>, January 17, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" class="extiw" title="w:Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio. <dl><dd>The great duel, the <b>mother</b> of all battles has begun.</dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> when followed by a surname</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A title of respect for one's mother-in-law. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>Mother</b> Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">A term of address for one's <a href="/wiki/wife#English" title="wife">wife</a>.</span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1887</b> April 2, E. V. Wilson, “Uncle Dave”, in <cite>The Current</cite>, volume 7, number <span class="None" lang="und">172</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RavPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA432">page <span class="None" lang="und">432</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A few minutes later we were all seated comfortably, Uncle Dave and <b>mother</b>, 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, <b>mother</b>?” he said.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1922</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Leacock" class="extiw" title="w:Stephen Leacock">Stephen Leacock</a>, <cite>Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HxNIAAAAMAAJ">[2]</a></sup>, page <span class="None" lang="und">152</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">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, <b>mother</b>! Got any supper for a hungry man?”</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1944</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_C._Hackett" class="extiw" title="w:Walter C. Hackett">Walter Hackett</a>, <cite>For the Duration: A Play for Junior and Senior High Schools</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UPkhgxwthfsC&pg=PA8">page 8</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">(<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Mr. Hill</span> <i>enters. He crosses to</i> <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Wife</span>.) / <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Mr. Hill:</span> Hello, <b>mother</b>. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> How are you? / <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Mrs. Hill:</span> Nothing wrong, dear, I hope.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Any <a href="/wiki/elderly" title="elderly">elderly</a> <a href="/wiki/woman" title="woman">woman</a>, especially within a particular <a href="/wiki/community" title="community">community</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms near-synonym"><span class="defdate">Near-synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matron#English" title="matron">matron</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matriarch#English" title="matriarch">matriarch</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Any person or entity which performs <a href="/wiki/mothering" title="mothering">mothering</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms hypernym"><span class="defdate">Hypernym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/parent#English" title="parent">parent</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms hyponym"><span class="defdate">Hyponym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/surrogate_mother#English" title="surrogate mother">surrogate mother</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judges" title="Judges">Judges</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible.cc/judges/5-7.htm">5:7</a>, <a href="/wiki/KJV" title="KJV">KJV</a>. <dl><dd>The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a <b>mother</b> in Israel.</dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatians" title="Galatians">Galatians</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible.cc/galatians/4-26.htm">4:26</a>, KJV. <dl><dd>Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the <b>mother</b> of us all.</dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_fermentational_matrix" data-lang="en" data-id="fermentational matrix"> <a href="/wiki/dregs" title="dregs">Dregs</a>, <a href="/wiki/lees" title="lees">lees</a>; a <a href="/wiki/stringy" title="stringy">stringy</a>, <a href="/wiki/mucilaginous" title="mucilaginous">mucilaginous</a> or <a href="/wiki/film" title="film">film</a>- or <a href="/wiki/membrane" title="membrane">membrane</a>-like substance <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">consisting of a <a href="/wiki/culture#English:_growth" title="culture">culture</a> of <a href="/wiki/acetobacter#English" title="acetobacter">acetobacters</a></span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span> which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">such as wine, or cider</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span>, and turns the alcohol into <a href="/wiki/acetic_acid" title="acetic acid">acetic acid</a> with the help of <a href="/wiki/oxygen" title="oxygen">oxygen</a> from the <a href="/wiki/air" title="air">air</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms hyponym"><span class="defdate">Hyponyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_vinegar#English" title="mother of vinegar">mother of vinegar</a></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/starter#English:_yeast_culture_or_medium_containing_one" title="starter">starter</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">pieces of <b>mother</b><i> ; </i>adding <b>mother</b> to vinegar</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/rail_transport" title="rail transport">rail transport</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/locomotive" title="locomotive">locomotive</a> which provides <a href="/wiki/electrical" title="electrical">electrical</a> <a href="/wiki/power" title="power">power</a> for a <a href="/wiki/slug" title="slug">slug</a>.</li> <li>The principal piece of an <a href="/wiki/astrolabe" title="astrolabe">astrolabe</a>, into which the others are fixed.</li> <li>The female <a href="/wiki/superior" title="superior">superior</a> or head of a religious house; an <a href="/wiki/abbess" title="abbess">abbess</a>, etc.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Hysterical passion; <a href="/wiki/hysteria" title="hysteria">hysteria</a>; the <a href="/wiki/uterus" title="uterus">uterus</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1603–1606</b> (date written)</span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>], <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear" class="extiw" title="w:King Lear"><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="M. William Shak-speare:">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="With the Vnfortunate Life of Edgar, Sonne and Heire to the Earle of Gloster, and His Sullen and Assumed Humor of Tom of Bedlam: As it was Played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon S. Stephans Night in Christmas Hollidayes. By His Maiesties Seruants Playing vsually at the Gloabe on the Bancke-side.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite> (First Quarto), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Butter" class="extiw" title="w:Nathaniel Butter">Nathaniel Butter</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Pide Bull neere St. Austins Gate.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1608</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/54196469">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7l4zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP47">[Act II, scene iv]</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">O how this <b>mother</b> ſwels vp toward my hart<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1665</b></span>, Robert Lovel, <cite>Pambotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">484</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">T.V. dicusseth tumors and mollifieth them, helps inflammations, rising of the <b>mother</b> and the epilepsie being burnt.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1666</b></span>, Nicholas Culpeper, <cite>The English Physitian Enlarged</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">49</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The Root hereof taken with Zedoary and Angelică, or without them, helps the rising of the <b>Mother</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1979</b></span>, Thomas R. Forbes, “The changing face of death in London”, in Charles Webster, editor, <cite>Health, Medicine and Mortality in the Sixteenth Century</cite>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1979</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">128</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">St Botolph's parish records ascribed three deaths to '<b>mother'</b>, an old name for the uterus.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/disc" title="disc">disc</a> produced from the <a href="/wiki/electrotype" title="electrotype">electrotyped</a> <a href="/wiki/master" title="master">master</a>, used in manufacturing <a href="/wiki/phonograph_record" title="phonograph record">phonograph records</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms hypernym"><span class="defdate">Hypernym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/master_copy#English" title="master copy">master copy</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Twitter" title="Stan Twitter">Stan Twitter</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> originally <a href="/wiki/drag" title="drag">drag</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A person who is admired, respected, or looked up to within a particular fandom or community; <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">see also: <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/serve_cunt#English" title="serve cunt">serve cunt</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">one’s female parent</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> See also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:mother" title="Thesaurus:mother">Thesaurus:mother</a></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">most significant thing</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/father#English" title="father">father</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/grandfather#English" title="grandfather">grandfather</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/granddaddy#English" title="granddaddy">granddaddy</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">of or pertaining to the mother, such as <a href="/wiki/metropolis" title="metropolis">metropolis</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/metro-#English" title="metro-">metro-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">with regards to gender</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/father" title="father">father</a></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">with regards to ancestry</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/daughter" title="daughter">daughter</a>, <a href="/wiki/son" title="son">son</a>, <a href="/wiki/child" title="child">child</a>, <a href="/wiki/offspring" title="offspring">offspring</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Hypernyms">Hypernyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hypernyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">a female parent</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/parent#English" title="parent">parent</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Coordinate_terms">Coordinate terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">a female parent</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/father#English" title="father">father</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/adoptive_mother#English" title="adoptive mother">adoptive mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/allomother#English" title="allomother">allomother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/and_his_mother#English" title="and his mother">and his mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/antimother#English" title="antimother">antimother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/babymother#English" title="babymother">babymother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/baby_mother#English" title="baby mother">baby mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beemother#English" title="beemother">beemother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/be_mother#English" title="be mother">be mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/biomother#English" title="biomother">biomother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/birthmother#English" title="birthmother">birthmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/birth_mother#English" title="birth mother">birth mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bonus_mother#English" title="bonus mother">bonus mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/brother_from_another_mother#English" title="brother from another mother">brother from another mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bunny_mother#English" title="bunny mother">bunny mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/camp_mother#English" title="camp mother">camp mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/co-mother#English" title="co-mother">co-mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/co-mother-in-law#English" title="co-mother-in-law">co-mother-in-law</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/corn_mother#English" title="corn mother">corn mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-mother#English" title="cow-mother">cow-mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/den_mother#English" title="den mother">den mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/do_you_kiss_your_mother_with_that_mouth#English" title="do you kiss your mother with that mouth">do you kiss your mother with that mouth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/earth_mother#English" title="earth mother">earth mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/eldermother#English" title="eldermother">eldermother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/eldmother#English" title="eldmother">eldmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/everybody_and_his_mother#English" title="everybody and his mother">everybody and his mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/everybody_and_their_mother#English" title="everybody and their mother">everybody and their mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/everyone_and_his_mother#English" title="everyone and his mother">everyone and his mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/everyone_and_their_mother#English" title="everyone and their mother">everyone and their mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/face_only_a_mother_could_love#English" class="mw-redirect" title="face only a mother could love">face only a mother could love</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/face_that_only_a_mother_could_love#English" title="face that only a mother could love">face that only a mother could love</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foremother#English" title="foremother">foremother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foster_mother#English" title="foster mother">foster mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/founding_mother#English" title="founding mother">founding mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fuck_your_mother#English" title="fuck your mother">fuck your mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/godmother#English" title="godmother">godmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/go_fuck_your_mother#English" title="go fuck your mother">go fuck your mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gold_star_mother#English" title="gold star mother">gold star mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/go_tell_your_mother_she_wants_you#English" title="go tell your mother she wants you">go tell your mother she wants you</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/grandmother#English" title="grandmother">grandmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/great-grandmother#English" title="great-grandmother">great-grandmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/holy_mother_of_based#English" title="holy mother of based">holy mother of based</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/housemother#English" title="housemother">housemother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kangaroo_mother_care#English" title="kangaroo mother care">kangaroo mother care</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/like_a_mother_hawk#English" title="like a mother hawk">like a mother hawk</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/manther#English" title="manther">manther</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/megaspore_mother_cell#English" title="megaspore mother cell">megaspore mother cell</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mermother#English" title="mermother">mermother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milf#English" title="milf">milf</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milk_mother#English" title="milk mother">milk mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milk-mother#English" title="milk-mother">milk-mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mismother#English" title="mismother">mismother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_abscess#English" title="mother abscess">mother abscess</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_and_baby_unit#English" title="mother and baby unit">mother and baby unit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-bird#English" title="mother-bird">mother-bird</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherboard#English" title="motherboard">motherboard</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_bomb#English" title="mother bomb">mother bomb</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_cell#English" title="mother cell">mother cell</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherchucker#English" title="motherchucker">motherchucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_church#English" title="mother church">mother church</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mother_City#English" title="Mother City">Mother City</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_city#English" title="mother city">mother city</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_country#English" title="mother country">mother country</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothercraft#English" title="mothercraft">mothercraft</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherdom#English" title="motherdom">motherdom</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_dough#English" title="mother dough">mother dough</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mother_Earth#English" title="Mother Earth">Mother Earth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherer#English" title="motherer">motherer</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherese#English" title="motherese">motherese</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherfather#English" title="motherfather">motherfather</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_figure#English" title="mother figure">mother figure</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherfouler#English" title="motherfouler">motherfouler</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherfucker#English" title="motherfucker">motherfucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_fucker#English" title="mother fucker">mother fucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-fucker#English" title="mother-fucker">mother-fucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherfucking#English" title="motherfucking">motherfucking</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherful#English" title="motherful">motherful</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_goddess#English" title="mother goddess">mother goddess</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_hen#English" title="mother hen">mother hen</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-hen#English" title="mother-hen">mother-hen</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_heroine#English" title="mother heroine">mother heroine</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-hive#English" title="mother-hive">mother-hive</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_hive#English" title="mother hive">mother hive</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherhood#English" title="motherhood">motherhood</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherhouse#English" title="motherhouse">motherhouse</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherhumper#English" title="motherhumper">motherhumper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mothering_Sunday#English" title="Mothering Sunday">Mothering Sunday</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-in-law#English" title="mother-in-law">mother-in-law</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-in-law_apartment#English" title="mother-in-law apartment">mother-in-law apartment</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-in-law_sandwich#English" title="mother-in-law sandwich">mother-in-law sandwich</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-in-law_seat#English" title="mother-in-law seat">mother-in-law seat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-in-law%27s_tongue#English" title="mother-in-law's tongue">mother-in-law's tongue</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-in-law_style#English" title="mother-in-law style">mother-in-law style</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherish#English" title="motherish">motherish</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherism#English" title="motherism">motherism</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherist#English" title="motherist">motherist</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherkin#English" title="motherkin">motherkin</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherkins#English" title="motherkins">motherkins</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherland#English" title="motherland">motherland</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_language#English" title="mother language">mother language</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherless#English" title="motherless">motherless</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherlike#English" title="motherlike">motherlike</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherline#English" title="motherline">motherline</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherling#English" title="motherling">motherling</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_liquor#English" title="mother liquor">mother liquor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherload#English" title="motherload">motherload</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-lode#English" title="mother-lode">mother-lode</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_lode#English" title="mother lode">mother lode</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherlove#English" title="motherlove">motherlove</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherlover#English" title="motherlover">motherlover</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherloving#English" title="motherloving">motherloving</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherly#English" title="motherly">motherly</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_may_I#English" title="mother may I">mother may I</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherment#English" title="motherment">motherment</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_naked#English" title="mother naked">mother naked</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-naked#English" title="mother-naked">mother-naked</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherness#English" title="motherness">motherness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_all#English" title="mother of all">mother of all</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_chapel#English" title="mother of chapel">mother of chapel</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_coal#English" title="mother of coal">mother of coal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_millions#English" title="mother of millions">mother of millions</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_pearl#English" title="mother of pearl">mother of pearl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-of-pearl#English" title="mother-of-pearl">mother-of-pearl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-of-pearl_cloud#English" title="mother-of-pearl cloud">mother-of-pearl cloud</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mother_of_Sorrows#English" title="Mother of Sorrows">Mother of Sorrows</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_the_nation#English" title="mother of the nation">mother of the nation</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_thousands#English" title="mother of thousands">mother of thousands</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-of-thyme#English" title="mother-of-thyme">mother-of-thyme</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_of_vinegar#English" title="mother of vinegar">mother of vinegar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-out-law#English" title="mother-out-law">mother-out-law</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_plant#English" title="mother plant">mother plant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mother_Russia#English" title="Mother Russia">Mother Russia</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_sauce#English" title="mother sauce">mother sauce</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_sauces#English" title="mother sauces">mother sauces</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mother%27s_Day#English" title="Mother's Day">Mother's Day</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_ship#English" title="mother ship">mother ship</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother%27s_milk#English" title="mother's milk">mother's milk</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothersome#English" title="mothersome">mothersome</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-spot#English" title="mother-spot">mother-spot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_superior#English" title="mother superior">mother superior</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-to-be#English" title="mother-to-be">mother-to-be</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-tongue#English" title="mother-tongue">mother-tongue</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_tongue#English" title="mother tongue">mother tongue</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_up#English" title="mother up">mother up</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherward#English" title="motherward">motherward</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother-wit#English" title="mother-wit">mother-wit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_wit#English" title="mother wit">mother wit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mother_world#English" title="mother world">mother world</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherwort#English" title="motherwort">motherwort</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothery#English" title="mothery">mothery</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/my_very_educated_mother_just_served_us_nachos#English" title="my very educated mother just served us nachos">my very educated mother just served us nachos</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/my_very_educated_mother_just_served_us_nine_pizzas#English" title="my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas">my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/my_very_educated_mother_just_served_us_nine_pumpkins#English" title="my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins">my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/my_very_educated_mother_just_served_us_noodles#English" title="my very educated mother just served us noodles">my very educated mother just served us noodles</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/my_very_excellent_mother_just_served_us_nine_pizzas#English" title="my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas">my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/necessity_is_the_mother_of_innovation#English" title="necessity is the mother of innovation">necessity is the mother of innovation</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/necessity_is_the_mother_of_invention#English" title="necessity is the mother of invention">necessity is the mother of invention</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonmother#English" title="nonmother">nonmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/only_a_mother_could_love#English" title="only a mother could love">only a mother could love</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/othermother#English" title="othermother">othermother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/overmother#English" title="overmother">overmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/queen_mother#English" title="queen mother">queen mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/refrigerator_mother#English" title="refrigerator mother">refrigerator mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/she%27s_the_cat%27s_mother#English" title="she's the cat's mother">she's the cat's mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/single_mother#English" title="single mother">single mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Sorrowful_Mother#English" title="Sorrowful Mother">Sorrowful Mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/stage_mother#English" title="stage mother">stage mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/step-mother#English" title="step-mother">step-mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/stepmother#English" title="stepmother">stepmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/surrogate_mother#English" title="surrogate mother">surrogate mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sweet_Mary_mother_of_God#English" title="sweet Mary mother of God">sweet Mary mother of God</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sweet_mother_of_God#English" title="sweet mother of God">sweet mother of God</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sweet_mother_of_Jesus#English" title="sweet mother of Jesus">sweet mother of Jesus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sweet_mother_of_Moses#English" title="sweet mother of Moses">sweet mother of Moses</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sweet_mother_of_pearl#English" title="sweet mother of pearl">sweet mother of pearl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tiger_mother#English" title="tiger mother">tiger mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unmother#English" title="unmother">unmother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/welfare_mother#English" title="welfare mother">welfare mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wolf-mother#English" title="wolf-mother">wolf-mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/you_kiss_your_mother_with_that_mouth#English" title="you kiss your mother with that mouth">you kiss your mother with that mouth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/your_mother#English" title="your mother">your mother</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Etymologically related</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon ib-content">:</span></div><div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/material#English" title="material">material</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/maternal#English" title="maternal">maternal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/maternity#English" title="maternity">maternity</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matriculate#English" title="matriculate">matriculate</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matrimony#English" title="matrimony">matrimony</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matrix#English" title="matrix">matrix</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/matter#English" title="matter">matter</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <style 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title="matrophobia">matrophobia</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreePageBullet"></span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/matrisexual" title="matrisexual">matrisexual</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreePageBullet"></span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/matriptase" title="matriptase">matriptase</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Australian Kriol: <span class="Latn" lang="rop"><a href="/wiki/motha#Australian_Kriol" title="motha">motha</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC#Japanese" title="マザー">マザー</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">mazā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EB%8D%94#Korean" title="마더">마더</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">madeo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">See <a href="/wiki/mother/translations#Noun" title="mother/translations">mother/translations § Noun</a>.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/modren#Middle_English" title="modren">modren</a></i>, from the noun (see above). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mother</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothers#English" title="mothers">mothers</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothering#English" title="mothering">mothering</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothered#English" title="mothered">mothered</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/give_birth" title="give birth">give birth</a> to or <a href="/wiki/produce" title="produce">produce</a> (as its female parent) a <a href="/wiki/child" title="child">child</a>. <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Compare <i><a href="/wiki/father#Verb" title="father">father</a></i>.</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1998</b></span>, Nina Revoyr, <cite>The Necessary Hunger: A Novel</cite>, Macmillan, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780312181420" title="Special:BookSources/9780312181420">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">101</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Q's sister, Debbie, had <b>mothered</b> two kids by the time she was twenty, with neither of the fathers in sight.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2010</b></span>, Lynette Joseph-Bani, <cite>The Biblical Journey of Slavery: From Egypt to the Americas</cite>, AuthorHouse, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781452009070" title="Special:BookSources/9781452009070">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">51</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Zilpah, Leah's maid, <b>mothered</b> 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.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to <a href="/wiki/nurture" title="nurture">nurture</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1900</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry" class="extiw" title="w:O. Henry">O. Henry</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Adjustment_of_Nature" class="extiw" title="s:An Adjustment of Nature">An Adjustment of Nature</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she <b>mothered</b> us from the beginning.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To cause to contain <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">mother</strong></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>mothered</b> oil<i>, </i><b>mothered</b> vinegar<i>, </i><b>mothered</b> wine</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> of an alcohol</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To develop mother. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1968</b></span>, Evelyn Berckman, <cite>The Heir of Starvelings</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">172</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Iron rusted, paper cracked, cream soured and vinegar <b>mothered</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2013</b></span>, Richard Dauenhauer, <cite>Benchmarks: New and Selected Poems 1963-2013</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">94</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Your lamp <br /> was always polished, wick <br /> trimmed, waiting; yet the bridegroom <br /> somehow never came. Summer dust <br /> settled in the vineyard. Grapes <br /> were harvested; your parents <br /> crushed and pressed them, but the wine <br /> <b>mothered</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_treat_as_a_mother_would_be_expected_to"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to treat as a mother would be expected to</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to treat as a mother would be expected to"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%BE%85%E4%B9%8B%E5%A6%82%E6%AF%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="待之如母 (page does not exist)">待之如母</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Dàizhirúmǔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/mor#Danish" title="mor">være mor for</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/mor" class="extiw" title="da:mor">(da)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tage_sig_ordentlig_af&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tage sig ordentlig af (page does not exist)">tage sig ordentlig af</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bemoederen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bemoederen (page does not exist)">bemoederen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/bemoederen" class="extiw" title="nl:bemoederen">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/koesteren#Dutch" title="koesteren">koesteren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/koesteren" class="extiw" title="nl:koesteren">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/olla#Finnish" title="olla">olla</a> <a href="/wiki/%C3%A4itin%C3%A4#Finnish" title="äitinä">äitinä</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/materner#French" title="materner">materner</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/materner" class="extiw" title="fr:materner">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/bemuttern#German" title="bemuttern">bemuttern</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/bemuttern" class="extiw" title="de:bemuttern">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%86%CF%89#Greek" title="ανατρέφω">ανατρέφω</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%86%CF%89" class="extiw" title="el:ανατρέφω">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">anatréfo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">informal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%89#Greek" title="κανακεύω">κανακεύω</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%89" class="extiw" title="el:κανακεύω">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">kanakévo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/any%C3%A1skodik#Hungarian" title="anyáskodik">anyáskodik</a> (vki <a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6l%C3%B6tt#Hungarian" title="fölött">fölött</a>)</span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/m%C3%A1ithrigh#Irish" title="máithrigh">máithrigh</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E6%AF%8D%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E4%B8%96%E8%A9%B1%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="母のように世話する (page does not exist)">母のように世話する</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AF" title="はは">はは</a>のように<a href="/wiki/%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8F" title="せわ">せわする</a>, haha no yō ni sewa suru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%94%98%E3%82%84%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99#Japanese" title="甘やかす">甘やかす</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%94%98%E3%82%84%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99" class="extiw" title="ja:甘やかす">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%82%E3%81%BE%E3%82%84%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99" title="あまやかす">あまやかす</a>, amayakasu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></li> <li>Sinhalese: <span class="Sinh" lang="si"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="මාතෘ (page does not exist)">මාතෘ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="si-Latn" class="tr Latn">mātr̥</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw"><a href="/wiki/mama#Swahili" title="mama">mama</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/mama" class="extiw" title="sw:mama">(sw)</a></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/ch%C4%83m_s%C3%B3c#Vietnamese" title="chăm sóc">chăm sóc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%C4%83m_s%C3%B3c" class="extiw" title="vi:chăm sóc">(vi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/nu%C3%B4i#Vietnamese" title="nuôi">nuôi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nu%C3%B4i" class="extiw" title="vi:nuôi">(vi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/nu%C3%B4i_n%E1%BA%A5ng#Vietnamese" title="nuôi nấng">nuôi nấng</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nu%C3%B4i_n%E1%BA%A5ng" class="extiw" title="vi:nuôi nấng">(vi)</a></span></li> <li>Yiddish: <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9F#Yiddish" title="מאַמען">מאַמען</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">mamen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mother">American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language</a></i> Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company 2003.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#clipping" title="Appendix:Glossary">Clipping</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherfucker#English" title="motherfucker">motherfucker</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mutha#English" title="mutha">mutha</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mother</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothers#English" title="mothers">mothers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#euphemism" title="Appendix:Glossary">euphemistic</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> mildly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/motherfucker" title="motherfucker">Motherfucker</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1976</b></span>, Leroy Green, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%22Have_Mercy%22_Kersey" class="extiw" title="w:Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey">Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey</a> (lyrics and music), “Disco Inferno”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Inferno_(album)" class="extiw" title="w:Disco Inferno (album)">Disco Inferno</a></cite>, performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trammps" class="extiw" title="w:The Trammps">The Trammps</a>, track 4:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">(Burn, baby, burn) Disco inferno / (Burn, baby, burn) Burn the <b>mother</b> down</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1989</b> December 19, Slim Randles, “Entrepreneur Hopes Luminaria Delivery Service Catches On”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Albuquerque_Journal" class="extiw" title="w:The Albuquerque Journal">The Albuquerque Journal</a></cite>, Albuquerque, New Mexico, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30218061/albuquerque_journal/">page 2</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Stick a votive candle in it and fire that <b>mother</b> up, right?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2011</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles" class="extiw" title="w:Beyoncé Knowles">Beyoncé Knowles</a> (lyrics and music), “Run the World (Girls)”, in <cite>4</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/run-the-world-girls-lyrics-beyonce.html">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Who run this <b>mother</b></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#euphemism" title="Appendix:Glossary">euphemistic</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A striking example. (Appears as "mother of a(n) __".) <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1964</b></span>, Richard L. Newhafer, <cite>The last tallyho</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">November, 1943 If ever, Cortney Anders promised himself, I get out of this <b>mother</b> of a thunderstorm there is a thing I will do if it is the last act of my life.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1980</b></span>, Chester Anderson, <cite>Fox & hare: the story of a Friday night</cite>, page 5:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Some hot night there's gonna be one <b>mother</b> of a riot down here. Just wait." He'd been saying the same thing since 1958, five years of crying wolf.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2004</b></span> Nov, Rajnar Vajra, “The Ghost Within”, in <cite>Analog Science Fiction & Fact</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">124</span>, number <span class="None" lang="und">11</span>, page 8:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Basically, we wind up with a program. One <b>mother</b> of a complex application.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2006</b></span>, Elizabeth Robinson, <cite>The true and outstanding adventures of the Hunt sisters</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Josh, whose fleshy face resembles a rhino's - beady wide-set eyes blinking between a <b>mother</b> of a snout</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/MF#English" title="MF">MF</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mofo#English" title="mofo">mofo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/motherfucker#English" title="motherfucker">motherfucker</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mutha#English" title="mutha">mutha</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_3">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-motherfucker"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">motherfucker <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/motherfucker#Translations" title="motherfucker">motherfucker</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Etymology 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="etymid" id="English:_catch_moths" data-lang="en" data-id="catch moths"></span> Coined from <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moth#English" title="moth">moth</a></i> by analogy to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mouser#English" title="mouser">mouser</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈmɒθə(ɹ)/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">mother</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mothers#English" title="mothers">mothers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moth-er#English" title="moth-er">moth-er</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References_2">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/122641">mother, <i>n.</i><sup>2</sup></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">June 2022</span>.</span></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Douglas Harper (<span class="None" lang="und">2001–2025</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/mother">mother</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Etymology_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Online Etymology Dictionary">Online Etymology Dictionary</a></cite>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/thermo-#English" title="thermo-">thermo-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">mother</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-term"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English#Late_Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Late Middle English</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/moder#Middle_English" title="moder">moder</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">mother</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/mither#Scots" title="mither">mither</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=mother&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/mother">mother, <i>n.1.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Scots Language">The Dictionary of the Scots Language</a></cite>, Edinburgh: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Language_Dictionaries" class="extiw" title="w:Scottish Language Dictionaries">Scottish Language Dictionaries</a>, 2004–present, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/57069714">→OCLC</a></small>, retrieved <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-05-23">23 May 2024</span>, reproduced from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Craigie" class="extiw" title="w:William Craigie">William A<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>lexander<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Craigie</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Jack_Aitken" class="extiw" title="w:Adam Jack Aitken">A<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>dam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> J<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ack<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Aitken</a> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span><i>et al.</i><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, editors, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Older_Scottish_Tongue" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue"><i>A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue:</i><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="From the Twelfth Century 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