♦ mother

♦ mother
♦ mother (1) /ˈmʌðə(r)/
n.
1 madre; mamma (fam.): to become a mother, diventare madre; working mother, una donna con figli che lavora NOTA D'USO: -ragazza madre-; nursing mother, madre che allatta al seno; (biblico) madre adottiva; surrogate mother, madre surrogata
2 (relig.) Mother, Madre: the Mother Superior, la Madre Superiora
3 (slang USA) cosa bella; oggetto eccezionale
4 (naut.) = mother ship ► sotto
5 (volg.) ► motherfucker
● (fam. spreg.) mother's boy, cocco di mamma □ (zool.) Mother Carey's chicken (Hydrobates pelagicus), uccello delle tempeste; procellaria □ (relig.) Mother Church, Santa Madre Chiesa □ (psic.) mother complex, complesso di Edipo (o della madre) □ mother country, patria; madrepatria □ mother-craft, puericultura □ Mother's Day, la Festa della Mamma (in GB la quarta domenica di quaresima, in USA la seconda di maggio) □ mother earth, (lett.) la madre terra; (scherz.) la terraferma □ (psic.) mother figure, figura materna □ mother's help, collaboratrice domestica; colf □ Mother Hubbard, Mamma Hubbard (personaggio di poesie infantili); camicione della nonna □ (geol.) mother lode, filone principale; (fig.) miniera (o fonte) inesauribile □ mother love, amor di madre; amore materno □ mother-naked, nudo nato; come mamma l'ha (o ti ha, ecc.) fatto □ Mother Nature, madre natura □ (relig.) Mother of God, madre di Dio, Madonna □ mother-of-pearl, (sost.) madreperla; (agg.) di madreperla □ (bot.) mother of thousands (o mother of millions), (Cymbalaria muralis) cimbalaria; (Bellis perennis) margheritina; pratolina □ (naut.) mother ship, nave appoggio; nave ausiliaria □ a mother-to-be, una futura madre; una donna incinta □ (ling.) mother tongue, lingua madre; madrelingua □ mother wit, buonsenso naturale □ every mother's son, ogni figlio di mamma; ognuno.
mother (2) /ˈmʌðə(r)/
n.
(= mother of vinegar) madre dell'aceto.
(to) mother /ˈmʌðə(r)/
v. t.
1 dare vita a (di solito fig.); dare origine a
2 far da madre a; avere cure materne per (q.); (anche di animali) allevare (come un figlio proprio)
3 (fig.) coccolare, viziare
4 (di donna) riconoscere la maternità di (un bambino).

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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