mater — meaning in English

English meaning

• mother noun A female parent.
• motherland noun One's native country, especially spoken of with strong emotional or patriotic attachment.

Senses

mater is used for these senses in English:

• mother A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
• mother Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)

mother — full definition

1. noun A female parent.
2. noun The origin or source of something.
3. verb To care for someone the way a mother would, sometimes to an overprotective degree.

Related Latin words