Mater

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈmeɪtÉ™/
• US IPA: /ˈmeɪɾɚ/

From Latin māter ("mother"), partly via late-Middle English matere.

“mater, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision; March 2009)

Full definition of mater

Noun

1. (British slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.
• 1919, w:P. G. Wodehouse, w, Their maters are all pals of my mater, and I don’t want to get them into trouble for aiding and abetting my little show, if you understand what I mean.
• 1997, w:Colleen McCullough, w, “Mater, you look well.”
  “I am well. And you,” she said in that dryly prosaic deep voice of hers, “look healed.”

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈmeɪtÉ™/
• US IPA: /ˈmeɪɾɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtÉ™(ɹ)

mate + -er

“mater, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft entry; March 2001)

Noun

1. (biology) Someone or something that mates.

Anagrams

• METAR
• metra
• tamer
• trema