comadre

Attested since the 15th century. From Late Latin commater, commatrem, from Latin mater.

Cognate with Portuguese comadre, Spanish comadre, Catalan comare and Italian comare.

• IPA^(key): [koˈmaðɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: co‧ma‧dre

comadre f (plural comadres)

1. midwife
2. The godmother of one's child
3. The mother of one's godchild
4. A very dear and honoured female friend; cummer
5. (humorous, mildly derogatory) gossipmonger

• madre

• compadre

• “comadre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “comadre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “comadre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “comadre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Late Latin commatrem, from Latin mater.

Cognate with Catalan comare, Extremaduran comairi, French commère, Galician comadre, Italian comare, Mirandese cumadre, and Spanish comadre.

• Hyphenation: co‧ma‧dre

comadre f (plural comadres, masculine compadre, masculine plural compadres)

1. midwife
2. the godmother of one's child
3. the mother of one's godchild
4. a very dear and honoured female friend
5. gossip

• madre

• Kadiwéu: inigomaadile

• madrinha
• padrinho
• confrade

From Late Latin commater, commatrem, from Latin mater.

• IPA^(key): /koˈmadɾe/ [koˈma.ð̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -adɾe
• Syllabification: co‧ma‧dre

comadre f (plural comadres)

1. midwife
2. the godmother of one's child
3. the mother of one's godchild
4. a very dear and honoured female friend
5. gossip
6. (colloquial) go-between

• → Belizean Creole: komaajreh

• comadrona f
• compadre m
• madrina f
• partera f

• “comadre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014