comare

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Late Latin commāter, from com- (together) + māter (mother).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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comare f (plural comares)

  1. co-mother (child's godmother in relation to their parents)
    Coordinate term: compare
  2. (Valencia, Balearic) midwife
  3. (colloquial) gossip, busybody
  4. (derogatory) procuress

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin commāter, from com- (together) + māter (mother). Cognate with Catalan comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: co‧mà‧re

Noun

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comare f (plural comari, masculine compare)

  1. a child's godmother in relation to their parents: a cummer, co-mother; or a child's mother in relation to their co-mother and her family
    Synonym: madrina
    Le allegre comari di WindsorThe Merry Wives of Windsor
  2. (extensively) a female wedding witness or maid of honor in relation to the spouses, or a bride in relation to her wedding witness
    Synonyms: testimone, testimone di nozze
  3. (extensively, humorous, sometimes derogatory) gossipmonger
    Synonym: pettegola
  4. (extensively, informal) mistress (married man's female lover)
    Synonym: amante


Descendants

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  • English: goomah

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Latin

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Verb

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cōmāre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōmō