mother
/ˈmʌðə/
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Translation
A woman who has a child; your female parent.
Word origin
From Old English modor, the word for a female parent, shared across many old languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- modor
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmothers
Examples
mother makes very bread.
"Mother" means your female parent.
is mother three children.
"Mother" here means the woman who has the children.
Many mothers came school meeting.
"Mothers" is the plural, meaning more than one mother.
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