patrino

Esperanto

Etymology

From patro (“father”) +‎ -ino (“female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈtrino]
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• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: pa‧tri‧no

Noun

patrino (accusative singular patrinon, plural patrinoj, accusative plural patrinojn)

1. mother (literally means "fatheress")
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 3:20.

     Kaj Adam donis al sia edzino la nomon Eva, ĉar ŝi estis patrino de ĉiuj vivantoj.

     And Adam gave his wife the name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Synonyms

• (neologism) matro

Hypernyms

• gepatro (“parent”)

Coordinate terms

• patro (“father”)

Ido

Etymology

patro (“parent”) +‎ -ino (“female”)

Noun

patrino (plural patrini)

1. (archaic) mother

Usage notes

Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".

Synonyms

• matro
• mama
• (diminutive) matreto

Hypernyms

• genitoro (“parent”)
• (archaic) patro (“parent”)

Coordinate terms

• patro (“father”)
• papa (“father”)
• (diminutive) patreto
• (archaic) patrulo

Further reading

• patr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924