English > mother: 7 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother). |
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| Example | "the mother of three children" |
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| Synonym | female parent |
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| Instances | Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna | The mother of Jesus |
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| Narrower | ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy | informal terms for a mother |
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| mater | An informal use of the Latin word for mother |
| mother-in-law | The mother of your spouse |
| primipara, para I | (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time |
| puerpera | A woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter |
| quadripara | (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies |
| quintipara | (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies |
| supermom | An informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment |
| surrogate mother | A woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so |
| Broader | parent | A father or mother |
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| Opposite | father, male parent, begetter | A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) |
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| Spanish | madre, mamá, progenitora |
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| Catalan | mare |
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| Adjectives | maternal | relating to or derived from one's mother |
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| motherly | befitting a mother |
| Nouns | motherhood | the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother |
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| Verbs | mother | make children |
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| mother | care for like a mother |
