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5 an American adoptive mother
Общая лексика: приёмная мать, подданная СШАУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > an American adoptive mother
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6 mother
[ˈmʌðə]adoptive mother приемная мать adoptive mother усыновительница child day-care mother воспитательница (в детском саду или яслях); дневная няня; гувернантка day-care mother дневная няня mother earth мать сыра земля; every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного; mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка foster mother приемная мать mother быть матерью, родить mother инкубатор; брудер (тж. artificial mother) mother источник mother мать; матушка; мамаша; Mother Superior мать настоятельница mother мать mother начало, источник mother относиться по-матерински; охранять, лелеять mother порождать, вызывать к жизни mother приписывать авторство; this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. mother усыновлять; брать на воспитание mother earth мать сыра земля; every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного; mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка mother мать; матушка; мамаша; Mother Superior мать настоятельница superior: mother настоятель(ница); Father Superior игумен; Mother Superior игуменья mother earth мать сыра земля; every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного; mother wit природный ум; здравый смысл; смекалка single mother мать-одиночка mother приписывать авторство; this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. unmarried mother незамужняя мать -
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адоптивний, прийомний (прикм.), удочерена (прикм.), усиновлений (прикм.)- adoptive admission
- adoptive citizen
- adoptive father
- adoptive heir
- adoptive law
- adoptive mother
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8 mother
adj. moederlijk--------n. moeder--------v. moeder zijn voor-mother1[ muðə] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉4 〈 verkorting〉[motherfucker]♦voorbeelden:adoptive mother • adoptiefmoederexpectant/pregnant mother • aanstaande moeder¶ artificial mother • broedmachine, kunstmoederbe mother • thee schenken————————mother2〈 werkwoord〉 -
9 mother
ˈmʌðə
1. сущ.
1) а) мать She was like a mother to them. ≈ Она была им как мать. expectant mother ≈ женщина, готовящаяся стать матерью, будущая мать foster mother ≈ приемная мать nursing mother ≈ кормящая мать surrogate mother ≈ суррогатная мать (женщина, вынашивающая чужого ребенка) unwed mother ≈ мать-одиночка welfare mother ≈ одинокая неработающая женщина, получающая пособие на маленьких детей working mother ≈ работающая мать Mother of God, God's Mother ≈ Дева Мария Syn: mamma, mummy б) материнские чувства The mother in my soul was strong. ≈ В моей душе были очень сильны материнские чувства. в) мать, матушка Mother Superior ≈ мать-настоятельница, игуменья г) амер.;
сл. = mother-fucker
2) относится к более или менее персонифицированным вещам, метафорически отражающим разные свойства матери: произведение на свет, материнскую заботу, любовь к матери а) источник, начало Necessity is the mother of invention. ≈ Потребность - это источник изобретательности. Syn: spring I
1., source, origin б) земля But the common mother of us all in no long time after received him gently into her lap. ( Lamb) ≈ Но наша общая мать-земля вскоре приняла его в свои нежные объятия. в) церковь г) страна Mother Russia ≈ матушка Россия
3) инкубатор (тж. artificial mother) ∙ every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) ≈ все без исключения, все до одного mother wit ≈ природный ум, смекалка
2. гл.
1) а) быть матерью, родить, производить на свет б) перен. порождать, вызывать к жизни Syn: produce
2.
2) относиться по-матерински;
заботиться, воспитывать, охранять Someone will take up the girl and mother her. ≈ Кто-нибудь возьмет девочку и будет о ней заботится.
3) а) признавать себя матерью б) приписывать материнство (on, upon) в) приписывать авторство
4) усыновлять;
брать на воспитание мать;
мама;
матушка - the * of six мать шестерых детей - expectant * будущая мать - * love материнская любовь - *'s milk материнское молоко (M.) мать, матушка (вежливое обращение) ;
мать, матушка (церк. звание) - * Theresa мать Тереза - * Superior мать-настоятельница (разговорное) матушка (об уважаемой простой женщине) начало, источник - * of all vices источник /мать/ всех пороков (химическое) маточный раствор > every *'s son (of you, of them) все (вы, они) все без исключения, все до одного > *'s help домашняя работница;
няня;
прислуга за все > M. of Presidents, M. of States (американизм) штат Виргиния > necessity is the * of invention необходимость - мать изобретательности;
голь на выдумки хитра относиться по-матерински;
охранять, лелеять - she always *s her lodgers она всегда балует своих жильцов усыновлять;
брать на воспитание - to * another'a child воспитать чужого ребенка вскармливать( обыкн. * upon) - a young wolf was *ed upon a bitch волчонок был вскормлен собакой (редкое) быть матерью, родить - to * six children родить шестерых детей порождать, вызывать к жизни - to * revolt породить /вызвать/ восстание /мятеж/ признавать себя матерью - to * another's child признать себя матерью чужого ребенка (on, upon) приписывать авторство - this book was *ed (up) on her эту книгу приписывали ей adoptive ~ приемная мать adoptive ~ усыновительница child day-care ~ воспитательница( в детском саду или яслях) ;
дневная няня;
гувернантка day-care ~ дневная няня ~ earth мать сыра земля;
every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного;
mother wit природный ум;
здравый смысл;
смекалка foster ~ приемная мать mother быть матерью, родить ~ инкубатор;
брудер (тж. artificial mother) ~ источник ~ мать;
матушка;
мамаша;
Mother Superior мать настоятельница ~ мать ~ начало, источник ~ относиться по-матерински;
охранять, лелеять ~ порождать, вызывать к жизни ~ приписывать авторство;
this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. ~ усыновлять;
брать на воспитание ~ earth мать сыра земля;
every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного;
mother wit природный ум;
здравый смысл;
смекалка ~ мать;
матушка;
мамаша;
Mother Superior мать настоятельница superior: ~ настоятель(ница) ;
Father Superior игумен;
Mother Superior игуменья ~ earth мать сыра земля;
every mother's son of (you, them, etc.) все без исключения, все до одного;
mother wit природный ум;
здравый смысл;
смекалка single ~ мать-одиночка ~ приписывать авторство;
this novel was mothered on (или upon) Miss X. этот роман приписали мисс Х. unmarried ~ незамужняя мать -
10 mother, adoptive
தாய் ஏற்புத் / தத்து எடுத்துக் கொண்ட தாய் -
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12 birth mother
[bë:th 'madhë:(r)] n. nënë e vet (biologjike)● birth father [bë:th 'fadhë:(r)] n. baba i vet (biologjik) -
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15 madre adottiva
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16 осиновителка
adoptive mother* * *осиновѝтелка,ж., -и adoptive mother.* * *adoptive mother -
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19 madre
f.1 mother.es madre de tres niños she's a mother of threeAlicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a babymadre adoptiva foster mothermadre de alquiler surrogate mothermadre biológica natural motherla madre patria the motherlandmadre política mother-in-lawmadre soltera single mother2 bed.* * *1 mother2 (causa) root3 (monja) sister4 (del río) bed\ahí está la madre del cordero familiar that's where the trouble liesciento y la madre familiar the world and his wife, US everyone and his brotherde puta madre tabú brilliant, fucking brilliant¡madre mía! familiar good heavens!¡tu madre! tabú up yours!futura madre mother-to-bemadre adoptiva adoptive mothermadre alquilada / madre de alquiler surrogate mothermadre de familia mothermadre de leche wet nursemadre patria one's motherlandmadre política mother-in-lawmadre soltera single mothermadre superiora mother superior* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=pariente) mothersu señora madre — esp Méx your mother
¡madre mía! — good heavens!
¡madre de Dios! — good heavens!
la Madre Patria — the Mother Country, the Old Country
madre soltera — single mother, unmarried mother
2) (Rel) [en convento] mother; [en asilo] matron3)- ni madre- ¡me cago en la madre que te parió!no tener madre —
él no tiene madre — * he's a real swine *
putoesto no tiene madre — * this is the limit
4) (=origen) origin, cradle5) [de río] bedsalirse de madre — [río] to burst its banks; [persona] to lose all self-control; [proceso] to go beyond its normal limits
6) [de vino] dregs pl, sediment7) (Agr) (=acequia) main channel, main irrigation ditch; (=alcantarilla) main sewer8) [en juegos] home9) (Anat) womb10) And dead skin, scab11) ** queer **, fag (EEUU) **2. ADJ1) (=de origen)lengua madre — (Ling) parent language
2)la cuestión madre — the chief problem, the central problem
3) LAm*una regañada madre — a real telling-off *, one hell of a telling-off **
* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)II1)a) ( pariente) motherestar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something
mentarle la madre a alguien — to insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)
no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless
ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something
b) ( en exclamaciones)madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!
la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)
tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)
chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)
me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit
c) (Relig) mother2)a) ( cauce)b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment* * *= mother, mama.Ex. Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.----* amor de madre = mother love.* Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).* célula madre = stem cell.* célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.* célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.* célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.* de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.* día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.* madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.* madre biológica = biological mother.* madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.* madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.* ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.* madre natural = birth mother.* madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.* madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.* madre o padre biológico = biological parent.* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.* madre o padre natural = birth parent.* madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.* madre patria = motherland.* madre primeriza = new mother.* madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.* madres de alquiler = surrogacy.* madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.* madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.* madre tierra, la = mother earth.* madre trabajadora = working mother.* placa madre = motherboard.* planta madre = rootstock.* roca madre = bedrock.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)II1)a) ( pariente) motherestar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something
mentarle la madre a alguien — to insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)
no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless
ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something
b) ( en exclamaciones)madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!
la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)
tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)
chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)
me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit
c) (Relig) mother2)a) ( cauce)b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment* * *= mother, mama.Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.
Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.* amor de madre = mother love.* Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).* célula madre = stem cell.* célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.* célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.* célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.* de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.* día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.* madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.* madre biológica = biological mother.* madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.* madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.* ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.* madre natural = birth mother.* madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.* madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.* madre o padre biológico = biological parent.* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.* madre o padre natural = birth parent.* madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.* madre patria = motherland.* madre primeriza = new mother.* madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.* madres de alquiler = surrogacy.* madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.* madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.* madre tierra, la = mother earth.* madre trabajadora = working mother.* placa madre = motherboard.* planta madre = rootstock.* roca madre = bedrock.* * *A1 (pariente) mothermadre de todos los vicios mother of all vicesahí está or ésa es la madre del cordero that's the root of the problem, that's the crux of the mattermentarle or ( Chi) sacarle la madre a algn to insult sb (by referring to his/her mother)2(en exclamaciones): ¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, good heavens!, heavens!¡madre mía! ¡qué tarde se ha hecho! goodness! look how late it is!¡la madre que te parió! or te trajo al mundo! (fam: en algunas regiones vulg); you jerk! ( colloq), you bastard! (sl)3 ( Relig) motherla madre Soledad Mother SoledadCompuestos:surrogate motherbiological mothersurrogate mothermother( Méx) spider plant( AmL): la Madre Patria Spainmother-in-lawsingle o unmarried motherMother Superiorsurrogate motherB1(cauce): el río se salió de madre the river burst its bankstodo se salió de madre everything got out of hand* * *
madre sustantivo femenino
mother;
madre de familia mother;
madre política mother-in-law;
madre soltera single o unmarried mother;
madre superiora Mother Superior;
¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!;
me vale madres (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit;
salirse de madre [ río] to burst its banks;
[ situación] to get out of hand
madre
I sustantivo femenino
1 mother: fue madre a los veinte años, she was a mother at twenty
madre adoptiva, adoptive mother
madre soltera, unmarried mother
2 (origen) root, mother: la pereza es la madre de la pobreza, laziness is the origin of poverty
4 (de río) bed
II exclamación ¡madre mía, qué tarde es!, good heavens, it's really late!
♦ Locuciones: familiar la madre del cordero, the crux of the matter
salirse de madre: Pepe se salió de madre, Pepe went too far
el concierto se salió de madre, the concert turned wild
' madre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonada
- abandonado
- abismo
- ablandar
- abrazarse
- adoptiva
- adoptivo
- algo
- ánimo
- ascendiente
- calor
- ciento
- con
- cumplir
- desmejorada
- desmejorado
- desnaturalizar
- día
- disgustar
- ejemplo
- encargar
- entenderse
- envidiar
- estar
- estancada
- estancado
- franquicia
- hablar
- la
- malmeter
- marioneta
- martirizar
- mayor
- mentar
- negación
- origen
- padre
- preguntar
- profesar
- progenitor
- progenitora
- recado
- recordar
- reverenda
- reverendo
- solera
- soltera
- soltero
- tal
- tirar
English:
adjust
- after
- aloud
- apron
- assign
- belong
- best
- boy
- consent
- disappoint
- down-home
- exact
- fetch
- frown
- hip
- hit out
- infrequent
- its
- like
- likeness
- look
- miss
- mother
- mother-to-be
- overhear
- parent
- pretence
- pretense
- pride
- prone
- single parent
- surrogate mother
- talk
- uncle
- working mother
- doting
- fucking
- her
- his
- introduce
- my
- name
- our
- parenthood
- queen
- remember
- single
- surrogate
- their
- wish
* * *madre nf1. [mujer] mother;es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three;Alicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a baby;Fam¡madre mía!, ¡mi madre! Jesus!, Christ!;Fam¡madre mía, cómo llueve! Jesus o Christ, it's pouring down!;Fam¡mi madre! ¿y ahora qué vamos a hacer? oh my God, what are we going to do now?madre adoptiva foster mother;madre de alquiler surrogate mother;madre biológica natural mother;la madre naturaleza Mother Nature;la madre patria the motherland;Am [España] Spain;madre política mother-in-law;madre soltera single mother;la madre tierra earth mother2. [hembra] mother;la madre cuida de los cachorros the mother looks after the pups3. [religiosa] mother;la madre Teresa Mother Teresamadre superiora mother superior4. [origen] source;la pobreza extrema es la madre de todos los males de la región extreme poverty is the source of all the region's problems5. [cauce] bed;salirse de madre [río] to burst its banks;[persona] to go too far6. CompFameran ciento y la madre everybody and his dog o the world and his wife was there;Famser la madre del cordero to be at the very root of the problem;Méx Famdar a alguien en la madre to kick sb's head in;Méx Famde a madre: estoy aburrido de a madre I'm fed up to the back teeth;su casa está sucia de a madre her house is a tip o pigsty;me cae de a madre I hate his guts;Méx Famechar madres to swear, Br to eff and blind;Méx muy Fam¡en la madre! Br bloody hell!, US goddamn!;Méx Famestar hasta la madre [lleno] to be jam-packed;Méx Famir hecho madre to bomb along;Fam Méx Famni madre: no oye ni madre she can't hear a damn thing;Méx Fam¡ni madres! no way!;Am muy Famno tener madre to be a shameless bastard;muy Fam¡la madre que te parió! you bastard!;Esp Fam¡viva la madre que te parió! [en concierto, corrida de toros] we love you!;Méx Famestar de poca madre to be great o fantastic;Méx Famser de poca madre to be great o fantastic;Méx Famtener poca madre to be a swine;Méx Famser a toda madre to be a really great o nice person;Famser una madre para alguien to be like a mother to sb;Fam RP [malo] to be useless at sth; Méx muy Fam* * *I f mother;dar en la madre a alguien Méx fam hit s.o. where it hurts;sacar a alguien de madre fam insult s.o. (by saying rude things about his/ her mother);esa es la madre del cordero that’s the trouble, that’s the problem;¡madre mía! good heavens!;II adj Méx, C.Am. famgreat fam, fantastic fam* * *madre nf1) : mother2)madre política : mother-in-law3)la Madre Patria : the mother country (said of Spain)* * *madre n mother¡madre mía! good heavens! -
20 mère
mère [mεʀ]1. feminine noun• oui, ma mère ( = mère supérieure) yes, Mother2. compounds* * *mɛʀ
1.
1) ( génitrice) mother2) (colloq) ( femme)3) ( dans un couvent)
2.
(-)mère (in compounds)cellule/maison mère — parent cell/company
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *mɛʀ1. nf2. adj invmother modif* * *A nf1 ( génitrice) mother; elle est mère de trois enfants she is the mother of three (children); devenir mère to become a mother; elle est comme une mère pour moi she's like a mother to me; elles sont sages-femmes de mère en fille they have been midwives for generations; mariée et mère de deux enfants married with two children; retourner chez sa mère to go home to mother; les chiots et leur mère the puppies and their mother; la Grèce, mère des arts fig Greece, mother of the arts;2 ○( femme) la mère Michel old mother Michel; comment allez-vous, mère Colas? how are you, Mrs Colas?;3 ( dans un couvent) mère supérieure Mother Superior; oui, ma mère yes, Reverend Mother; mère abbesse abbess; mère Teresa Mother Teresa;B (-)mère ( in compounds) cellule mère Biol parent cell; maison mère parent company; plante mère Bot parent plant.mère adoptive foster mother; mère biologique biological mother; mère célibataire single mother; mère donneuse donor mother; mère de famille gén mother; ( ménagère) housewife; mère patrie motherland, fatherland; mère porteuse Méd surrogate mother; mère poule hum mother hen; mère du vinaigre Chimie mother of vinegar.il tuerait père et mère pour avoir qch he'd kill to get sth.[mɛr] nom féminin1. [généralementitrice] motherfrères/sœurs par la mère half-brothers/half-sisters on the mother's sidemère de famille mother, housewife2. (familier) [madame]4. (littéraire) [origine] mother5. CHIMIE6. TECHNOLOGIE mould————————[mɛr] adjectif féminina. [huile] first pressingb. [vin] bottoms (wine from the mother)
См. также в других словарях:
adoptive mother — noun A woman who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological mother. See Also: adoptee, adoptive father, birth mother … Wiktionary
adoptive — adop·tive /ə däp tiv/ adj 1 a: having adopted an adoptive parent b: having been adopted an adoptive child 2: made or acquired by accepting as one s own the words or actions of another to constitute an adoptive admission...defendant must … Law dictionary
mother — mother1 [muth′ər] n. [ME moder < OE modor, akin to Ger mutter < IE * matér, mother (> L mater, Gr mētēr, OIr māthir) < * ma , echoic of baby talk] 1. a woman who has borne a child; esp., a woman as she is related to her child or… … English World dictionary
Mother of Ultra — (ウルトラの母, Urutora no Haha?) is a fictional alien superhero featured in the Ultra Series. She first appeared in the first episode of Ultraman Taro and is the mother of Taro himself. Her real name Mari (マリー, Marī … Wikipedia
adoptive — [[t]ədɒ̱ptɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Someone s adoptive family is the family that adopted them. He was brought up by adoptive parents in London. ...her adoptive mother. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Someone s adoptive country or city is the one that they choose for… … English dictionary
adoptive — adoptively, adv. /euh dop tiv/, adj. 1. of or involving adoption. 2. acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father or son. 3. tending to adopt. [1400 50; < L adoptivus; see ADOPT, IVE; r. late ME adoptife < MF adoptif] Usage. Although… … Universalium
Mother — Numerous terms redirect here. For other uses, see Mother (disambiguation), Mom (disambiguation), Mommy (disambiguation), Moms (disambiguation), Mum (disambiguation), Motherhood (film), and Mothering (magazine) … Wikipedia
mother — mother1 motherless, adj. motherlessness, n. /mudh euhr/, n. 1. a female parent. 2. (often cap.) one s female parent. 3. a mother in law, stepmother, or adoptive mother. 4. a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as… … Universalium
mother — I. /ˈmʌðə / (say mudhuh) noun 1. a female parent. 2. Aboriginal English (a term used to refer to one s biological mother and her sisters.) 3. a mother in law, step mother, or adoptive mother. 4. (a term of familiar address for an old or elderly… …
mother — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. b (in full adoptive mother) a woman who has continuous care of a child, esp. by adoption. 2 any female animal in relation to its offspring. 3 a quality or… … Useful english dictionary
adoptive — a•dop•tive [[t]əˈdɒp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) of or involving adoption 2) use acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father[/ex] 3) tending to adopt • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < MF < L a•dop′tive•ly, adv. usage: adoptive is customarily… … From formal English to slang