mader

See also: Mader, Mäder, and måder

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin māter.

Noun

mader f

1. mother

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• madere, madur, madyr, madyre, maddir, madir, mædere

Etymology

From Old English mædere, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmadər(ə)/, /ˈmadrə/

Noun

mader (uncountable)

1. Madder (Rubia tinctorum) or a similar plant.
2. The dye obtained from madder (alizarin) or a similar dye.

Descendants

• English: madder
• Scots: mather, mader, madder, malder, maider (obsolete)
• → Irish: madra, madar

References

• “mader(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-10.