marâtre
French
Etymology
From Old French marastre, from Vulgar Latin *matrastra, from Latin māter (“mother”). Cognate to Catalan madrastra, Spanish madrastra, Portuguese madrasta. Replaced by French belle-mère.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ma.ʁɑtʁ/
Noun
marâtre f (plural marâtres) (Masculine: parâtre)
- A stepmother (especially an evil one, as the -âtre suffix came to be a pejorative)
- An abusive, wicked birth mother
Further reading
- “marâtre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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