Ido

Noun

matro (plural matri)

1. mother

Usage notes

Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".

Hypernyms

• genitoro ‎(“parent”)
• (archaic) patro ‎(“parent”)

Synonyms

• mama
• (diminutive) matreto
• (archaic) patrino

Coordinate terms

• patro ‎(“father”)
• papa ‎(“father”)
• (diminutive) patreto
• (archaic) patrulo

Derived terms

• matrala ‎(“maternal”)
• matreso ‎(“motherhood, maternity”)
• matreto ‎(“mommy”)
• stifa matro/stif-matro ‎(“stepmother”)
• baptomatro ‎(“godmother”)
• bomatro ‎(“mother-in-law”)