Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mater dolorosa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: mater -do-lorosa
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.

Etymology

From Latin mater dolorosa (“sorrowful mother”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: mater dolorosa

Inflected Forms

mater dolorosas (plural) matres dolorosae (plural)

Questions

What does mater dolorosa mean?: The Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.
Where does mater dolorosa come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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