madre — meaning in English

English meaning

• mother noun A female parent.
• nun noun A woman who has taken religious vows and lives in a convent, typically as part of a Christian order.

Senses

madre is used for these senses in English:

• mother The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
• mother The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.

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.

nun — full definition

1. noun A woman who has taken religious vows and lives in a convent, typically as part of a Christian order.
2. noun A woman living a similarly devoted, communal religious life in other faith traditions.

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