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mater

See also: mateř, mâter, mäter, and måter

English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere.[1] Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix.

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Noun

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mater (plural maters or matres)

  1. (British, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous)[1] Mother.
    Coordinate term: pater
    • 1919 June 14, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “A Damsel in Distress”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, number 50, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, chapter XX, page 57, column 1:
      Their maters are all pals of my mater’s, and I don’t want to get them into trouble for aiding and abetting my little show, if you understand what I mean.
    • 1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published 1945, →OCLC, page 32:
      And then there’s the mater! Poor old mater! She goes about on tiptoe; she’s always watching me and pretending she’s not watching me; I believe she would like to have everything padded with feather beds. All the while she has been wanting me to do the goody book thing, get down on my knees and put my head in her lap and blub.
    • 1985, Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss (lyrics and music), “Holding Back the Years”, in Picture Book, performed by Simply Red:
      Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later
    • 1997, Colleen McCullough, Caesar’s Women, page 17:
      “Mater, you look well.” / “I am well. And you,” she said in that dryly prosaic deep voice of hers, “look healed.”
  2. (anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
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Etymology 2

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From mate +‎ -er.[2]

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mater (plural maters)

  1. (biology)[2] Someone or something that mates.

Etymology 3

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See 'mater.

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Noun

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mater (plural maters)

  1. Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”)
    • 2015, Ann B. Ross, Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover, →ISBN, page 28:
      "A mater sandwich would be better." Trixie said, "but I'll take it if that's all you got." As if we were woefully deprived of food. So Trixie had a tomato sandwich for lunch, carefully prepared by Lillian but for which she received no thanks.
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “mater, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision; March 2009)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “mater, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft entry; March 2001)

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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin māter.

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mater f (indeclinable)

  1. title of an abbess
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Further reading

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  • “mater”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “mater”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “mater”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

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Etymology 1

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From mat (“mate”) +‎ -er.

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mater

  1. (transitive) to checkmate
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to suppress, quell (a revolution, person, insurrection)
    • 1997, “L'Empire du côté obscur”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
      Adapter ma technique à la manière du caméléon / Sans pitié pour mater la rébellion
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of mater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mater
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple matant
/ma.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle maté
/ma.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mate
/mat/ 		mates
/mat/ 		mate
/mat/ 		matons
/ma.tɔ̃/ 		matez
/ma.te/ 		matent
/mat/
imperfect matais
/ma.tɛ/ 		matais
/ma.tɛ/ 		matait
/ma.tɛ/ 		mations
/ma.tjɔ̃/ 		matiez
/ma.tje/ 		mataient
/ma.tɛ/
past historic2 matai
/ma.te/ 		matas
/ma.ta/ 		mata
/ma.ta/ 		matâmes
/ma.tam/ 		matâtes
/ma.tat/ 		matèrent
/ma.tɛʁ/
future materai
/ma.tʁe/ 		materas
/ma.tʁa/ 		matera
/ma.tʁa/ 		materons
/ma.tʁɔ̃/ 		materez
/ma.tʁe/ 		materont
/ma.tʁɔ̃/
conditional materais
/ma.tʁɛ/ 		materais
/ma.tʁɛ/ 		materait
/ma.tʁɛ/ 		materions
/ma.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		materiez
/ma.tə.ʁje/ 		materaient
/ma.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mate
/mat/ 		mates
/mat/ 		mate
/mat/ 		mations
/ma.tjɔ̃/ 		matiez
/ma.tje/ 		matent
/mat/
imperfect2 matasse
/ma.tas/ 		matasses
/ma.tas/ 		matât
/ma.ta/ 		matassions
/ma.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		matassiez
/ma.ta.sje/ 		matassent
/ma.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mate
/mat/ 		— matons
/ma.tɔ̃/ 		matez
/ma.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

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Uncertain, perhaps from Spanish mata (“bush”).[1]

Verb

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mater

  1. (slang, transitive) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person)
    • 1997, “Demain, c’est loin”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
      Mater les photos, majeur aujourd’hui, poto / Pas mal d’amis se sont déjà tués en moto
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of mater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mater
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple matant
/ma.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle maté
/ma.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mate
/mat/ 		mates
/mat/ 		mate
/mat/ 		matons
/ma.tɔ̃/ 		matez
/ma.te/ 		matent
/mat/
imperfect matais
/ma.tɛ/ 		matais
/ma.tɛ/ 		matait
/ma.tɛ/ 		mations
/ma.tjɔ̃/ 		matiez
/ma.tje/ 		mataient
/ma.tɛ/
past historic2 matai
/ma.te/ 		matas
/ma.ta/ 		mata
/ma.ta/ 		matâmes
/ma.tam/ 		matâtes
/ma.tat/ 		matèrent
/ma.tɛʁ/
future materai
/ma.tʁe/ 		materas
/ma.tʁa/ 		matera
/ma.tʁa/ 		materons
/ma.tʁɔ̃/ 		materez
/ma.tʁe/ 		materont
/ma.tʁɔ̃/
conditional materais
/ma.tʁɛ/ 		materais
/ma.tʁɛ/ 		materait
/ma.tʁɛ/ 		materions
/ma.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		materiez
/ma.tə.ʁje/ 		materaient
/ma.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mate
/mat/ 		mates
/mat/ 		mate
/mat/ 		mations
/ma.tjɔ̃/ 		matiez
/ma.tje/ 		matent
/mat/
imperfect2 matasse
/ma.tas/ 		matasses
/ma.tas/ 		matât
/ma.ta/ 		matassions
/ma.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		matassiez
/ma.ta.sje/ 		matassent
/ma.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mate
/mat/ 		— matons
/ma.tɔ̃/ 		matez
/ma.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of “mater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Old English mōdor (English mother).

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    māter f (genitive mātris); third declension

    1. mother (female parent)
      Synonym: genetrīx
      Nē, māter; suam. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. mother (source, origin)
    3. matron of a house
    4. honorific title
    5. woman
    6. nurse
    7. motherland
    8. maternity, motherhood

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative māter mātrēs
    genitive mātris mātrum
    dative mātrī mātribus
    accusative mātrem mātrēs
    ablative mātre mātribus
    vocative māter mātrēs

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    References

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    • “mater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “mater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • son of such and such a father, mother: patre, (e) matre natus

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    mater (plural maters)

    1. Alternative form of matere
      • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:
        Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //
        Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agrivain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”

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    mater

    1. to kill

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    mater

    1. present of mate

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Noun

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    mater

    1. accusative singular of mati
    2. (by extension, regional) Alternative form of mati

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    Slovak

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

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    mater f

    1. mother

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    Declension of mater
    singular plural
    nominative mater matere
    genitive matere materí
    dative materi materiam
    accusative mater matere
    locative materi materiach
    instrumental materou materami

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    Further reading

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    • “mater”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    From English matter.

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    mater m (plural materion)

    1. matter, affair
      Synonyms: neges, busnes
    2. substance
      Synonyms: sylwedd, defnydd

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of mater
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    mater fater unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mater”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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