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mãe

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See also: mae, Mae, MAE, Maè, Māe, , , 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, hypocoristic form of madre, from Latin māter (mother).

    Compare Galician mai, nai, Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai and Asturian ma.

    Pronunciation

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    • Homophone: Mem (Portugal)
    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃j̃
    • Hyphenation: mãe

    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-mãemothership
      célula-mãestem 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
    • Ambonese Malay: mai, maitua
    • Annobonese: mai, me
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai
    • Indo-Portuguese: mãe, mai
    • Kabuverdianu: mai
    • Konkani: मांय (māiya)
    • Kristang: mai
    • Old Tupi: mãîa, manha
    • Principense: mwin
    • Sãotomense: men
    • Tetun Dili: madre

    Further reading

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    • mãe” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913