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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: mŏd′ər
- (Received Pronunciation, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɒd.ə/
- (older Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːd.ə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɒd.ɐ/, /ˈmɒd.a/
- (General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈmɔd.əɹ/
- (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɑd.əɹ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɒd.əɹ/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈmɑd.əɹ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmɔd.ə/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɖ.əʳ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)
- Homophone: modder
- Hyphenation: mod‧er
Verb
moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)
Translations
to moderate — see moderate
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “moder”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- “moder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish mothær, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Noun
moder c (singular definite moderen, plural indefinite mødre)
Inflection
Synonyms
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References
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
moder
- inflection of modern:
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Noun
moder f
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mōdor, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare moddrie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːdər/, (Late Middle English) /ˈmuːðər/
Noun
moder (plural modres or moder or (Kent) modren, genitive singular modres or moder)
- A mother; a female direct ancestor.
- a. 1333, “Poem 7: Ave maris stella; Fol. 207r-v”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919), Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:
- Hayl, Leuedy, se-stœrre bryht, / Godes moder, edy wyht, / Mayden euer vurst and late, / Of heueneriche sely ʒáte.
- Hail, Lady, bright sea-star, / God's mother, blessed being, / maiden always [from] first to last, / the Kingdom of Heaven's holy gate.
- A foremother; a indirect female ancestor of someone or some creature.
- A woman who acts as a mother; a female caretaker or guardian.
- A woman who heads a convent; an abbess.
- A term of address for a woman
- A person, thing, or place likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing):
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 589–592:
- And now that I have ſpoken of glotonye, / Now wol I yow deffenden haſardrye; / Haſard is verray mooder of leſynges, / And of deceite, and curſed forſwerynges […]
- And since I've spoken about gluttony, / Now, I'll prevent you from dice-playing; / Dice games are literally the source of falsehoods, / deception, and false testimonies […]
Usage notes
- As a term of address, this term is impolite when applied to younger women.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “mọ̄der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 February 2019.
- p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
moder m (definite singular moderen, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
moder f (definite singular modera, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)
Derived terms
References
- “moder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
mōder f
- alternative form of mōdor
Scots
Noun
moder
- alternative form of mither
References
- “mither, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “moder, n.1.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
Slovene
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *modʰros.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mọ́dər (comparative bȍlj mọ́dər, superlative nȁjbolj mọ́dər)
Declension
| The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
Derived terms
See also
| bela | siva | črna |
| rdeča; škrlatna | oranžna; rjava | rumena; krem |
| svetlozelena, limeta | zelena | |
| sinja, cian; turkizna | azurna | modra |
| vijolična; indigo | magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila | roza, rožnata |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandr-. Cognate with Lithuanian mandrùs and Proto-Germanic *mundraz (German munter).
Pronunciation
Adjective
mọ́dər (comparative modrȇjši or mọ́drejši, superlative nȁjmodrȇjši or nȁjmọ́drejši)
Declension
| The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “moder”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “moder”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
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Swedish
Alternative forms
- mor (def. 1)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
moder c
- (somewhat dated) mother
- mother (as in Mother Theresa, Mother Earth, etc.)
Declension
Derived terms
- anmoder
- drottningmoder
- förmoder
- kycklingmoder
- landsmoder
- livmoder
- moderbolag
- modercell
- moderfartyg
- moderförening
- moderföretag
- moderförsamling
- moderkaka
- moderklubb
- moderkort
- moderland
- moderlig
- moderlighet
- moderliv
- moderlös
- moderlöshet
- modernäring
- moderparti
- moderplanta
- modersbröst
- modersbunden
- modersfamn
- modersfixering
- modersgestalt
- modersglädje
- modershjärta
- modersinstinkt
- moderskap
- moderskepp
- moderskomplex
- moderskänsla
- moderskärlek
- moderslycka
- modersmjölk
- modersmål
- modersnamn
- modersroll
- moderssköte
- mödradödlighet
- mödragymnastik
- mödrahälsovård
- mödravård
- mödravårdscentral
- stammoder
- urmoder
- ättemoder
See also
References
- moder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- moder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- moder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- moder in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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