matre

Indonesian

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly a clipping of materialistis (“materialistic”) or materiel (“material, worldly”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmatre/ [ˈma.t̪re]
    • Rhymes: -atre
    • Syllabification: ma‧tre
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmatrɛ(ʔ)/ [ˈma.t̪rɛ(ʔ)]
    • Rhymes: -atrɛ(ʔ)

Adjective

matre (comparative lebih matre, superlative paling matre or termatre, equative sematre)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) Gold-digging; occupying oneself as a gold digger, usually referring to women, cultivating a personal relationship to attain wealth.

   Coordinate term: mata duitan

Further reading

• “matre”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin māter, mātrem.

Noun

matre (plural matres)

1. mother

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.tre/
• Rhymes: -atre
• Hyphenation: mà‧tre

Noun

matre f (plural matri)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of madre

Anagrams

• Marte, tarme, trame, trema

Latin

Noun

mātre

1. ablative singular of māter

Lombard

Noun

matre f (masculine patre)

1. (Old Lombard) mother

Descendants

• Lombard: mader

Tocharian B

Adjective

matre

1. sharp