commère

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ.mɛʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: -

Cognate with Neapolitan: cummà

Cognate with Sicilian: cummari

Cognate with Jèrriais: conméthe

Cognate with Romanian: 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.

Concepts

gossip

slanderer

gossiper

scandalmonger

comrade

friend

gabber

journalist

newsmonger

shill

talkative

accomplice

tattletale

boulder

buddy

calumniator

Synonyms

compère

camarade

comparse

calomniateur

cancanier

mauvaise langue

médisant

pipelette

bavard

mémère

Translations

chismoso

Klatschbase

dedikoducu

comare

plotkarka

κουτσομπόλης

calumniador

plotkarz

chismosa

malalingua

Verleumder

fofoqueiro

pettegolo

pettegola

Klatschtante