comadre

Meaning

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

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Concepts

midwife

friend

gossip

neighbour

Synonyms

comadrona

partera

amiga

partero

comadreja

comaye

mexico

madrina

matrona

Translations

comare

Hebamme

Gevatterin

Klatschbase

Klatschtante

Entbindungshelfer

Entbindungspfleger

accoucheuse

sage-femme

sage‐femme

asciutta

levatrice

ostetrica

madrina

mammana

Hyphenated as

co‧ma‧dre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koˈmadɾe/

Etymology

Cognate with Neapolitan: cummà

Cognate with Sicilian: cummari

Cognate with French: commère

Cognate with Jèrriais: conméthe

Cognate with Romanian: 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.