moder

English

Verb

moder (third-person singular simple present moders, present participle modering, simple past and past participle modered)

1. (obsolete) to moderate

References

• “moder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• OED2

Anagrams

• 'drome, -drome, Domer, Drôme, dermo, dermo-, drome, mored

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

moder c (singular definite moderen, plural indefinite mødre)

1. (now formal) mother

Inflection

Synonyms

• mor

See also

• fader#Danish
• broder#Danish

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

moder

1. inflection of modern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Modder (Eupen, Krefeld)
• Muoder, Motter (Krefeld)
• mótter, mouer (Sittard)
• módder (Voeren)
• moor, Moor, moojer (widespread variants)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moeder, from Old Dutch muoder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

moder f

1. mother
2. guardian
3. nun
4. woman

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mother, modere, modre, modir, modyr, mooder, modder, modire, modyre, modur, moodur, moderr

Etymology

From Old English mōdor, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare moddrie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdər/, /ˈmoːðər/

Noun

moder (plural modres or moders or moder or (Kent) modren, genitive modres or moders or moder)

1. A mother; the female direct ancestor of someone or some creature.
2. The indirect female ancestor of someone or some creature.
3. The Virgin Mary as mother (as of Jesus or as of humanity).
4. A woman who performs the duties of a mother; a female caretaker or guardian.
5. A woman who heads a female monastic community; an abbess.
6. A polite appellation to an elderly woman, or a ruder one to a younger one.
7. Something, somewhere or someone likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing):
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 589–592:

     And now that I have ſpoken of glotonye, / Now wol I yow deffenden haſardrye; / Haſard is verray mooder of leſynges, / And of deceite, and curſed forſwerynges […]

     And since I've spoken about gluttony, / Now, I'll prevent you from dice-playing; / Dice games are literally the source of falsehoods, / deception, and false testimonies

   1. A behaviour, attribute, virtue, or vice likened to a mother (in begetting, caring, or nourishing)
   2. The womb (as the organ which protects and nourishes the baby).

Related terms

Descendants

• English: mother, mither
  • → Japanese: マザー (mazā)
  • → Korean: 마더 (madeo)
  • Kriol: motha
• Scots: moder, mither
• Yola: moodher, moother, moothar

References

• “mọ̄der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.
• p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir.

Noun

moder m (definite singular moderen, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. (dated, or jokingly) synonym of mor

Derived terms

• Moder Jord
• moderland
• moderskip

References

• “moder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “moder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mor

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir.

Noun

moder f (definite singular modera, indefinite plural mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

1. (dated, or jokingly) mother

Derived terms

• Moder Jord
• moderland
• moderskip

References

• “moder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.der/

Noun

mōder f

1. Alternative form of mōdor

Scots

Etymology

From Old English mōdor. Compare mither.

Noun

moder (plural moders)

1. (archaic) mother

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *modrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *modʰros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòːdər/

Adjective

mọ́dər (comparative bȍlj mọ́dər, superlative nȁjbolj mọ́dər)

1. blue

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Derived terms

• mọ́drost

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mandr-. Cognate with Lithuanian mandrùs and Proto-Germanic *mundraz (German munter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòːdər/

Adjective

mọ́dər (comparative modrȇjši or mọ́drejši, superlative nȁjmodrȇjši or nȁjmọ́drejši)

1. wise

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Derived terms

• modrọ̑st
• mọ̑drəc

Further reading

• “moder”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Alternative forms

• mor (def. 1)

Etymology

From Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• audio

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• Rhymes: -uːdɛr

Noun

moder c

1. (somewhat dated) mother
2. mother; as in Mother Theresa, Mother Earth etc.

Declension

See also

• mamma
• fader
• far
• pappa

Anagrams

• derom, domer