Mater
WordNet
noun
(1) An informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , partly via late- .
Noun
Verb
mater
- To ogle, to check out, to watch (eg. an attractive person)
Latin
Etymology
From . Cognates include (thence Russian ), Persian , Mycenaean Greek , and Sanskrit .
Noun
- mother (female parent)
- mother (source, origin)
- matron of a house
- honorific title
- woman
- nurse
- motherland
Related terms
- mātercula
- māterfamilias
- māternus
- mātertera
- mātrālis
- mātrescō
- mātrīcālis
- mātricīda
- mātrimōnium
- mātrimus
- mātrix
- mātrōna