commère

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (colloquial, feminine) gossipper, busybody
2. (feminine, obsolete) the godmother of one's child or the mother of one's godchild

Sinonieme

compère

camarade

comparse

calomniateur

cancanier

mauvaise langue

médisant

pipelette

bavard

mémère

Vertalings

chismoso

gossip

Klatschbase

κουτσομπόλης

calumniador

dedikoducu

comare

malalingua

fofoqueiro

chismosa

Verleumder

pettegola

pettegolo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɔ.mɛʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old French: -

Verwante met Neapolitaans: cummà

Verwante met Sisiliaans: cummari

Verwante met Jèrriais: conméthe

Verwante met Roemeens: cumătru

In summary

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