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mother [mothers] (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) , ,noun (Nynorsk)noun |
mother-in-law [mothers-in-law] (spouse’s mother) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ər.ɪn.ˌlɔː] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩.ɪn.ˌlɔː] | (Bokmål) svigermornoun (Nynorsk) svigermornoun |
mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata, Dracaena trifasciata) noun | svigermorstungenoun |
mother-of-pearl (pearly layer) noun [UK: ˌmʌð.ər.əv.ˈpɜːl] [US: ˌmʌð.r̩.əv.ˈpɝːl] | (Bokmål) perlemornoun (Nynorsk) perlemornoun |
mother ship (vessel that serves a smaller vessel) noun [UK: ˈmʌ.ðə.ʃɪp] [US: ˈmʌ.ðə.ʃɪp] | (Bokmål) moderskipnoun (Nynorsk) moderskipnoun |
mother tongue [mother tongues] (one's native tongue) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) tʌŋ] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈtəŋ] | (Bokmål) morsmålnoun (Nynorsk) morsmålnoun |
Mother's Day (a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.əz deɪ] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩z ˈdeɪ] | (Bokmål) morsdagnoun (Nynorsk) morsdagnoun |
motherfucker (generic term of abuse) noun [UK: ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə] [US: ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə] | drittsekknoun |
motherland [motherlands] (mother country in contrast to its colonies) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə.lænd] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩.lænd] | (Nynorsk) moderlandnoun |
motherland [motherlands] (the country of one's ancestors) noun [UK: ˈmʌð.ə.lænd] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩.lænd] | (Bokmål) moderlandnoun |
motherless (without a living mother) adjective [UK: ˈmʌð.ə.ləs] [US: ˈmʌð.r̩.ləs] | (Bokmål) morløs, morlausadjective (Nynorsk) morlausadjective |
motherlessness (state or condition of being motherless) noun | (Nynorsk) morløysenoun |
godmother [godmothers] (woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner) noun [UK: ˈɡɒd.mʌ.ðə(r)] [US: ˈɡɑːd.ˌmə.ðər] | (Bokmål) gudmornoun (Nynorsk) gudmornoun |
grandmother [grandmothers] (mother of someone's parent) noun [UK: ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) bestemor (paternal)noun (Nynorsk) bestemor (paternal)noun |
great-grandmother (mother of one's grandparent) noun [UK: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) oldemornoun (Nynorsk) oldemornoun |
great-great-grandmother (The mother of someone’s great-grandparent) noun [UK: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) tippoldemornoun (Nynorsk) tippoldemornoun |
maternal grandmother [maternal grandmothers] (The mother of one's mother) noun [UK: mə.ˈtɜːn.l̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)] [US: mə.ˈtɝː.nl̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) mormornoun (Nynorsk) mormornoun |
necessity is the mother of invention (a person in need will find a way) phrase [UK: nɪ.ˈse.sɪ.ti ɪz ðə ˈmʌð.ə(r) əv ɪn.ˈven.ʃn̩] [US: nə.ˈse.sə.ti ˈɪz ðə ˈmʌð.r̩ əv ˌɪn.ˈven.ʃn̩] | nød lærer naken kvinne å spinne (need teaches (a) naked woman how to spin)phrase |
paternal grandmother (one's father's mother) noun [UK: pə.ˈtɜːn.l̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)] [US: pə.ˈtɝː.nl̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) farmornoun (Nynorsk) farmornoun |
queen mother (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) noun [UK: kwiːn ˈmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈkwiːn ˈmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) dronningmornoun |
single mother (a woman raising a child on her own) noun [UK: ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ ˈmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ ˈmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) alenemornoun (Nynorsk) aleinemornoun |
stepmother [stepmothers] (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother) noun [UK: ˈstep.mʌ.ðə(r)] [US: ˈstep.ˌmə.ðər] | (Bokmål) stemornoun (Nynorsk) stemornoun |
surrogate mother (woman who gives birth to a child not her own) noun [UK: ˈsʌ.rə.ɡeɪt ˈmʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈsɜː.rə.ɡət ˈmʌð.r̩] | (Bokmål) surrogatmornoun (Nynorsk) surrogatmornoun |
your mother (insult) interjection | morra diinterjection |