comadre

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) midwife
2. (feminine) the godmother of one's child
3. (feminine) the mother of one's godchild
4. (feminine) a very dear and honoured female friend; sister
5. (colloquial, feminine) a female gossipper, busybody
6. (colloquial, feminine) go-between
7. (feminine, form-of) female equivalent of compadre

compadre

• Noun
• Verb

Lees meer

Sinonieme

comadrona

partera

amiga

partero

comadreja

comaye

mexico

madrina

matrona

Vertalings

midwife

comare

Klatschbase

Hebamme

Gevatterin

Klatschtante

gossip

llevadora

friend

Entbindungspfleger

Entbindungshelfer

comare

neighbour

accoucheuse

مولدة

Gekoppel as

co‧ma‧dre

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/koˈmadɾe/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Neapolitaans: cummà

Verwante met Sisiliaans: cummari

Verwante met Frans: commère

Verwante met Jèrriais: conméthe

Verwante met Roemeens: cumătru

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Sicilian cummari, Galician and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.