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1 mother
adj. mamma, mor--------n. moder; mamma, mor--------v. vara som en mor för* * *1. noun1) (a female parent, especially human: John's mother lives in Manchester; ( also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.) moder, mor2) ((often with capital: also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.) moder, abbedissa2. verb(to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much): His wife tries to mother him.) vara som en mor för- motherless
- motherly
- motherliness
- mother-country
- motherland
- mother-in-law
- mother-of-pearl
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2 parent
n. förälder; far; mor* * *['peərənt]1) (one of the two persons etc (one male and one female) who are jointly the cause of one's birth.) förälder2) (a person with the legal position of a mother or father eg by adoption.) målsman•- parental
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3 one-parent family
noun ((also single parent family) a family with only a mother or a father to look after the children) -
4 single parent
noun (a mother or father who brings up a child or children on her or his own: a single-parent family.) ensamstående förälder
См. также в других словарях:
mother — ► NOUN 1) a female parent. 2) (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community. 3) informal an extreme or very large example of: the mother of all traffic jams. ► VERB ▪ look after kindly and… … English terms dictionary
parent — 1. noun you ll need the signed consent of a parent Syn: mother, father, birth/biological parent, progenitor; adoptive parent, foster parent, step parent, guardian; literary begetter 2. verb those who parent young children Syn: raise, bring up,… … Thesaurus of popular words
mother*/*/*/ — [ˈmʌðə] noun [C] I your female parent My mother and father live in Rome.[/ex] II verb [T] mother [ˈmʌðə] to give someone a lot of care and protection … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
parent — par·ent n 1 a: a person who begets or brings forth offspring; esp: the natural parents of a child born of their marriage ◇ The biological father of an illegitimate child is usu. not considered the child s parent absent a judicial determination of … Law dictionary
parent — noun 1》 a father or mother. ↘an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived. 2》 an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries. 3》 archaic a forefather or ancestor. verb [often as noun parenting] be or act… … English new terms dictionary
parent — noun (C) 1 the father or mother of a person or animal: I don t really get on with my boyfriend s parents. | a parent substitute, such as an aunt 2 something that produces other things of the same type: Shares in Mercury parent Cable and Wireless… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
parent — ► NOUN 1) a father or mother. 2) an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived. 3) an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries. 4) archaic a forefather or ancestor. ► VERB ▪ be or act as a parent to.… … English terms dictionary
mother-in-law — noun the mother of your spouse • Hypernyms: ↑mother, ↑female parent, ↑in law, ↑relative in law • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Naomi, ↑Noemi … Useful english dictionary
parent-in-law — noun A mother in law or father in law … Wiktionary
mother — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parent, mama; abbess, prioress; matron, matriarch. See ancestry, clergy, female. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A female parent] Syn. parent, ancestress, matriarch, mamma, dam, materfamilias, mater, mama*,… … English dictionary for students
parent-in-law — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ənˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural parents in law) : the father or mother of one s spouse : father in law, mother in law * * * /pair euhnt in law , par /, n., pl. parents in law. the father or mother of one s wife or husband … Useful english dictionary