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mãe

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See also: mae, Mae, MAE, Maè, Māe, mä, mæ, ma'e, -mä, мае, and має

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, nasalization of earlier *mae < *made, child-speech forms of madre, from Latin mātrem, the accusative of māter (“mother”). Doublet of madre.

    Compare pai (“father”), which underwent a similar phonetic reduction from its root (Latin pater), but was not nasalized.

    Cognate with Galician mai, nai, Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai and Asturian ma.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    mãe f (plural mães)

    1. mother (female who gives birth to or parents a child)
      Synonyms: genetriz, genitora, mamã, (childish) mamãe, progenitora
      Coordinate term: pai
    2. one's mother
      Mãe, a senhora viu meus óculos?
      Mom, have you seen my glasses?
    3. (figurative) mother (source or origin)
      A Ibéria é a mãe da Era do Descobrimento.
      Iberia is the mother of the Age of Discovery.
    4. (relational, in compounds) mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem)
      nave-mãe ― mothership
      célula-mãe ― stem cell
    5. lees (sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages)
      Synonym: madre

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Angolar: maa
    • Annobonese: mai, me
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai
    • Indo-Portuguese: mãe, mai
    • Kabuverdianu: mai
    • Kristang: mai
    • Principense: mwin
    • Sãotomense: men
    • → Ambonese Malay: mai, maitua
    • → Konkani: मांय (māiya)
    • → Old Tupi: mãîa, manha
    • → Tetun Dili: madre
    • → Urubú-Kaapor: mãi

    Further reading

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