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materterine

Syllables: mat·er·ter·ineUK/məˈtɜːtəɹaɪn/US/məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/

materterine adjective: synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”).

Adjective

materterine (comparative more materterine, superlative most materterine)

  1. (humorous, rare) Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)

Synonyms of materterine

Forms of materterine

comparativemore materterine
superlativemost materterine

Origin of materterine

Learned borrowing from Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”), + from -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns).

Questions about materterine

What does materterine mean?
Materterine means synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”).
What part of speech is materterine?
Materterine is an adjective.
How do you pronounce materterine?
Materterine is pronounced /məˈtɜːtəɹaɪn/ (UK).

Words near materterine in the dictionary

  1. maternotoxic
  2. maternotoxicity
  3. Materns
  4. maters
  5. materteral
  6. materterine
  7. mates
  8. mates' rates
  9. Mateses
  10. mateship
  11. mateships

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