mater
/ˈmeɪtə//ˈmeɪtɚ/
mater noun: mother. Also the alternative form of 'mater.
Noun (1)
mater (plural maters or matres)
- Mother.
- 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.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...
- “The mater will be delighted to see you again—after all those years,” he added.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 5
- A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
Noun (2)
mater (plural maters)
- Someone or something that mates.
Also used as
mater is also the alternative form of 'mater.
Examples of mater in a sentence
- I'm in the place where I grew up, where my alma mater is.
- I’m in the place where I grew up, where my alma mater is.
- So he was finally, not semifinally but finally-finally, finished with alma mater?
Forms of mater
| plural | maters |
|---|---|
| plural | matres |
Origin of mater
From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix.
From mate + -er.
See 'mater.
Words formed from mater
Phrases with mater
Words that rhyme with mater
- translator
- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
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- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
- 'mater
Questions about mater
- What does mater mean?
- Mater means mother.
- What part of speech is mater?
- Mater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mater?
- Mater is pronounced /ˈmeɪtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mater?
- The plural of mater is maters.
Words near mater in the dictionary
Source and license
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