materno
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtɛr.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛrno
- Hyphenation: ma‧tèr‧no
Adjective
materno (feminine materna, masculine plural materni, feminine plural materne)
Related terms
Further reading
- materno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
māternō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of māternus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin māternus (“maternal”), from Latin māter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈtɛʁ.nu/ [maˈtɛɦ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maˈtɛɾ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈtɛʁ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈtɛɻ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈtɛɾ.nu/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ter‧no
Adjective
materno (feminine materna, masculine plural maternos, feminine plural maternas)
- maternal; motherly (of, pertaining to or associated with mothers)
- Synonym: maternal
- amor materno ― motherly love
- maternal (related through the mother’s side of the family)
- avô materno ― maternal grandfather
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈteɾno/ [maˈt̪eɾ.no]
- Rhymes: -eɾno
- Syllabification: ma‧ter‧no
Adjective
materno (feminine materna, masculine plural maternos, feminine plural maternas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “materno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024