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1 orfano
1. adj orphan2. m, orfana f orphan* * *orfano agg. orphan; rimase orfano quando era ancora bambino, he was left an orphan when he was still a child◆ s.m., orfana s.f. orphan: è un orfano di guerra, he is a war orphan // poveri orfanelli!, poor little orphans!* * *['ɔrfano] orfano (-a)1. aggessere orfano di madre/padre — to be motherless/fatherless, have lost one's mother/father
2. sm/f* * *['ɔrfano] 1.aggettivo orphan, parentless2.essere orfano di padre, di madre — to be fatherless, motherless
sostantivo maschile (f. -a) orphan* * *orfano/'ɔrfano/orphan, parentless; essere orfano di padre, di madre to be fatherless, motherless(f. -a) orphan; rendere orfano to orphan. -
2 madre
f mother* * *madre s.f.1 mother; (di animale) mother, dam: essere madre, to be a mother; è madre di due bambini, she is a mother of two; diventare madre, to become a mother (o to bear a child o to give birth to a child); è il ritratto di sua madre, she is the image of her mother; mia madre non è in casa, mother isn't in; salutatemi vostra madre, say hallo to your mother (o form. give my regards to your mother); è stata per me una seconda madre, come una madre, she was like a mother to me; fare da madre a qlcu., to be a mother to s.o.; (a un adulto) to mother s.o.; madre di famiglia, mother (of a family); senza madre, motherless; madre adottiva, adoptive mother; la rese madre, he gave her a child // zio per parte di madre, maternal uncle // madre terra, la gran madre, la comune madre, mother earth (o the earth) // madre natura, Mother Nature // prima madre, antica madre, Eve (o our first mother) // Santa Madre Chiesa, Holy Mother Church // onora il padre e la madre, honour thy father and thy mother2 (fig.) (origine, causa) mother, cause: la teologia era considerata la madre di tutte le scienze, theology was considered the mother of all sciences3 (eccl.) Mother: madre superiora, Mother Superior; reverenda madre, Reverend Mother; madre badessa, Abbess4 (anat.) mater: dura, pia madre, dura, pia mater5 (biochim.) madre dell'aceto, mother of vinegar6 (comm.) (matrice) counterfoil; stub: una ricevuta a madre e figlia, a counterfoil receipt; la madre di un assegno, the stub of a cheque◆ agg.1 mother (attr.): ragazza madre, unmarried mother; regina madre, Queen Mother2 (fig.) (che costituisce l'origine) mother (attr.); original, fundamental: idea madre, fundamental idea; teoria madre, original (o basic) theory // lingua madre, mother tongue // chiesa madre, mother church // (comm.) casa madre, head office (o parent company); (di ordini religiosi) mother house // (teatr.) scena madre, crucial scene; fare una scena madre per qlco., to make a song and dance about sthg. // (chim.) acqua madre, mother water (o liquor o lye) // (mecc.) vite madre, (del tornio) lead screw.* * *['madre]1. sfla madre di tutte... fig — the mother of all...
2. agg invmother attrcasa madre Rel — mother house
scena madre Teatro — principal scene
* * *['madre] 1.sostantivo femminile1) (genitrice) motherdiventare madre — to become a mother, to give birth to a child
da o per parte di madre on one's mother's side; i cuccioli e la loro madre — the puppies and their mother
2) relig.3) (matrice) stub2.2) fig. (che costituisce l'origine)cellula madre — biol. parent cell
•••fare una scena madre — to make a song and dance o a scene
* * *madre/'madre/I sostantivo f.1 (genitrice) mother; è madre di tre bambini she is the mother of three (children); diventare madre to become a mother, to give birth to a child; da o per parte di madre on one's mother's side; i cuccioli e la loro madre the puppies and their mother3 (matrice) stubII aggettivo2 fig. (che costituisce l'origine) lingua madre mother tongue; cellula madre biol. parent cell; scheda madre motherboardfare una scena madre to make a song and dance o a scene\madre dell'aceto mother (of vinegar); madre di Dio Mother of God; madre di famiglia mother; madre natura Mother Nature; madre patria → madrepatria; madre terra mother earth. -
3 essere orfano di padre, di madre
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > essere orfano di padre, di madre
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4 madre
['madre]1. sfla madre di tutte... fig — the mother of all...
2. agg invmother attrcasa madre Rel — mother house
scena madre Teatro — principal scene
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5 orfano
['ɔrfano] orfano (-a)1. aggessere orfano di madre/padre — to be motherless/fatherless, have lost one's mother/father
2. sm/f
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