MATERFAMILIAS

Meaning of MATERFAMILIAS in English

Pronunciation: ˌ m ā -t ə r-f ə - ' mi-l ē - ə s, ˌ mä-

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin, from mater + familias, archaic genitive of familia household ― more at FAMILY

Date: 1756

: a woman who is head of a household

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

MATERFAMILIAS — noun see: family Date: 1756 a woman who is head of a household
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MATERFAMILIAS — |mād.ə(r)fəˈmilēəs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin, from mater mother + Old Latin familias, gen. of familia household — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MATERFAMILIAS — /may'teuhr feuh mil"ee euhs/ , n. the mother of a family. [ 1750-60; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MATERFAMILIAS — n. mother of the house, mother of a family (Latin)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MATERFAMILIAS — noun Etymology: Latin, from mater + familias, archaic genitive of familia household — more at family Date: 1756 : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MATERFAMILIAS — [ ˌmeɪtəfə'mɪlɪas ] ■ noun ( plural matresfamilias ˌmeɪti:z- ) the female head of a family or household. Origin L., …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MATERFAMILIAS — [ma.ter.fa.mil.i.as] n [L, fr. mater + familias, archaic gen. of familia household--more at family] (1756): a woman who is head …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MATERFAMILIAS — n. the woman head of a family or household (cf. PATERFAMILIAS). [L f. mater mother + familia FAMILY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MATERFAMILIAS — n. the woman head of a family or household (cf. PATERFAMILIAS). [ L f. mater mother + familia FAMILY ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MATERFAMILIAS — n. the woman head of a family or household (cf. PATERFAMILIAS). Etymology: L f. mater mother + familia FAMILY
Oxford English vocab
STEPMOTHER — Synonyms and related words : dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, …
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PARENT — Synonyms and related words : agent, ancestor, ancestorial, ancestral, ancestress, author, begetter, beginner, catalyst, causer, creator, effector, engenderer, father, fatherlike, …
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MUMMY — Synonyms and related words : ashes, biscuit, body, bone, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpse, corpus delicti, cracker, crowbait, dam, …
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MOTHER
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MOM — Synonyms and related words : dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mommy, mother, …
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MATRIARCH
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MAMMY — Synonyms and related words : amah, ayah, dam, dry nurse, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mama, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, …
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MAMA — Synonyms and related words : dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, …
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MA — Synonyms and related words : dam, foster mother, genetrix, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, …
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DAM
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MATRIARCH — n. Function: noun a dignified, usually elderly woman of some rank or authority FF1C; the local matriarchs controlled the town's …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MATRIARCH — noun a dignified, usually elderly woman of some rank or authority the local matriarchs controlled the town's social functions Synonyms: …
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MOTHER — n. 25B6; noun I will ask my mother : FEMALE PARENT, materfamilias, matriarch; informal ma, mam, mammy, old lady, old …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARENT — n. 1 father or mother, progenitor, progenitrix, procreator, begetter, materfamilias or paterfamilias; foster-parent, stepmother or stepfather, guardian, Colloq old lady …
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MOTHER — n. 1 dam, materfamilias, (female) parent, Old-fashioned or formal or jocular mater, Formal progenitrix; matriarch, Colloq ma, old lady, old …
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