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mother
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?ð?(?)/, [?m?ð?(?)]
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
- Hyphenation: moth?er
Etymology 1
From Middle English moder, from Old English m?dor, from Proto-Germanic *m?d?r, from Proto-Indo-European *méh?t?r. Superseded non-native Middle English mere (“mother”) borrowed from Old French mere (“mother”). Doublet of mater.
Alternative forms
- mither (Scotland and Northern England)
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- A (human) female who has given birth to a baby
- A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child
- A human female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.
- 1991, Susan Faludi, The Undeclared War Against American Women:
- The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the mother.
- 1991, Susan Faludi, The Undeclared War Against American Women:
- A female parent of an animal.
- (figuratively) A female ancestor.
- 1525, William Tyndale, Bible, Genesis, 3, xx:
- And Ada[Adam] called his wyfe Heua[Eve] because she was the mother of all that lyveth
- 1525, William Tyndale, Bible, Genesis, 3, xx:
- (figuratively) A source or origin.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3, 1866, George Steevens (editor), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, page 278:
- Alas, poor country: / Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot / Be call'd our mother, but our grave:
- 1844, Thomas Arnold, Fragment on the Church, Volume 1, page 17:
- But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3, 1866, George Steevens (editor), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, page 278:
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
- 1991, January 17, Saddam Hussein, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio.
- The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.
- 1991, January 17, Saddam Hussein, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio.
- (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
- (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
- Judges 5:7, KJV.
- The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
- Galatians 4:26, KJV.
- Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
- Judges 5:7, KJV.
- The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
- The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
- (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.
- 1665, Robert Lovel, Pambotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum, page 484:
- T.V. dicusseth tumors and mollifieth them, helps inflammations, rising of the mother and the epilepsie being burnt.
- 1666, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian Enlarged, page 49:
- The Root hereof taken with Zedoary and Angelic?, or without them, helps the rising of the Mother.
- 1979, Thomas R. Forbes, The changing face of death in London, in Charles Webster (editor), Health, Medicine and Mortality in the Sixteenth Century (1979), page 128:
- St Botolph's parish records ascribed three deaths to 'mother', an old name for the uterus.
- 1665, Robert Lovel, Pambotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum, page 484:
Synonyms
- (one’s female parent): See also Thesaurus:mother
- (most significant thing): father, grandfather, granddaddy
- (of or pertaining to the mother, such as metropolis): metro-
Antonyms
- (with regards to gender) father
- (with regards to ancestry) daughter, son, child, offspring
Hypernyms
- (a female parent): parent
Coordinate terms
- (a female parent): father
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
See mother/translations § Noun.
Etymology 2
From Middle English modren, from the noun (see above).
Verb
mother (third-person singular simple present mothers, present participle mothering, simple past and past participle mothered)
- (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- 1998, Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger: A Novel, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 101:
- Q's sister, Debbie, had mothered two kids by the time she was twenty, with neither of the fathers in sight.
- 2010, Lynette Joseph-Bani, The Biblical Journey of Slavery: From Egypt to the Americas, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 51:
- Zilpah, Leah's maid, mothered 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.
- 1998, Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger: A Novel, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 101:
- (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- c. 1900, O. Henry, An Adjustment of Nature
- She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning.
- c. 1900, O. Henry, An Adjustment of Nature
Translations
References
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company 2003.
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“sediment”), perhaps through intermediate Middle Dutch modder (“filth, dregs”).
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
Verb
mother (third-person singular simple present mothers, present participle mothering, simple past and past participle mothered)
- (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
- mothered oil / vinegar / wine
- (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
Etymology 4
Clipping of motherfucker
Alternative forms
- mutha
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- (euphemistic, mildly vulgar, slang) Motherfucker.
- (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
Synonyms
- MF, mofo, motherfucker, mutha
Translations
Etymology 5
Coined from moth by analogy to mouser.
Pronunciation
- see moth-er
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- Alternative form of moth-er
References
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mother”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- thermo-
Middle English
Noun
mother
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of moder
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precursor
English
Alternative forms
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?i??k??.s??/, /p???k??.s??/
Noun
precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Related terms
- cursor
Derived terms
- precursory
Translations
Adjective
precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
Antonyms
- postcursor
See also
- ISI
References
- precursor at OneLook Dictionary Search
- precursor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- procurers
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)
- precursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precursor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin praecursor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre?k?rs?r/
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
- precursor, forerunner
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
Related terms
- cursor
Adjective
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Further reading
- “precursor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French précurseur.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursori)
- precursor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor, forerunner
Related terms
- cursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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