different between maternal vs indulgent

English

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English maternal, maternall, from Middle French maternel (“maternal”) (modern French maternel (“maternal; native”)), or from its etymon Late Latin m?tern?lis (“maternal”), from Latin m?ternus (“maternal; related to the mother or her side of the family”) + -?lis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). M?ternus is derived from m?ter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh?t?r (“mother”)) + -rnus (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Italian maternale, materno, Portuguese maternal, materno, Spanish maternal, materno.

The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??t??n?l/
• (General American) enPR: m?-tû(r)'n?l, IPA^(key): /m??t??n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
• Hyphenation: ma?tern?al

Adjective

maternal (comparative more maternal, superlative most maternal)

1. Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.

   Antonyms: fatherly, paternal
2. Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

   Antonym: paternal
3. (anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

   Antonyms: fetal, foetal

Alternative forms

• maternall (obsolete)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

• maternity

Translations

Noun

maternal (plural maternals) (rare)

1. (dated, informal) A mother.
2. A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.

References

Further reading

• mother on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alterman

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /m?.t???nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /m?.t?r?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.te??nal/

Adjective

maternal (masculine and feminine plural maternals)

1. Synonym of matern

Related terms

• paternal

Further reading

• “maternal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English maternal, from Late Middle English maternal, maternall, from Middle French maternel (“maternal”) (modern French maternel (“maternal; native”)), or from its etymon Late Latin m?tern?lis (“maternal”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat?r?nal]
• Hyphenation: ma?têr?nal

Adjective

maternal

1. maternal.

Further reading

• “maternal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?ter?nal

Adjective

maternal m or f (plural maternais, comparable)

1. maternal (of or relating to mothers)

   Synonym: materno

Noun

maternal m (plural maternais)

1. a school for young children

Romanian

Etymology

From French maternel

Adjective

maternal m or n (feminine singular maternal?, masculine plural maternali, feminine and neuter plural maternale)

1. maternal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mate??nal/, [ma.t?e??nal]
• Hyphenation: ma?ter?nal

Adjective

maternal (plural maternales)

1. Synonym of materno

Related terms

• paternal

Further reading

• “maternal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?ld??nt/
• Hyphenation: in?dul?gent

Adjective

indulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)

1. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

Synonyms

• forbearing
• gentle
• lenient
• tolerant

Derived terms

• indulgential
• indulgently

Related terms

• indulge
• indulgement
• indulgence
• indulgency
• indulger
• indulgiate

Translations

References

• indulgent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.dyl.???/

Etymology 1

From Latin indulg?ns.

Adjective

indulgent (feminine singular indulgente, masculine plural indulgents, feminine plural indulgentes)

1. lenient (tolerant; not strict)

Related terms

• indulgence
• indulger

Etymology 2

Verb

indulgent

1. third-person plural present indicative of indulger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of indulger

Further reading

• “indulgent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

indulgent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of indulge?

Romanian

Etymology

From French indulgent, from Latin indulgens.

Adjective

indulgent m or n (feminine singular indulgent?, masculine plural indulgen?i, feminine and neuter plural indulgente)

1. indulgent

Declension