matro

Borrowed from Ido matro, from Latin māter (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatro]
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• Rhymes: -atro
• Hyphenation: ma‧tro

matro (accusative singular matron, plural matroj, accusative plural matrojn)

1. (literary, neologism) mother

   Synonyms: patrino, (child's term) panjo (“mom, mommy”)

   Coordinate term: patro (“father”)

Borrowed from Italian madre, Spanish madre, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatro/

matro (plural matri)

1. mother

   Synonyms: mama, (diminutive) matreto, (archaic) patrino

   Hypernyms: genitoro (“parent”), (archaic) patro (“parent”)

   Coordinate terms: patro (“father”), papa (“father”), (diminutive) patreto, (archaic) patrulo

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".

• → Esperanto: matro

• matr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

From mat (“food”) +‎ ro (“peace, tranquility”). Compare Finnish ruokarauha.

matro c

1. peace and quiet while eating

   Ge oss matro ― Let us eat in peace

• matro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• matro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)