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materterine

/məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mat-er-ter-ine
IPA
/məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)

Humorous

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”), + from -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *méh₂tēr

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/
  • British English: /məˈtɜːtəɹaɪn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more materterine (comparative) most materterine (superlative)

Synonyms

auntish auntlike auntyish materteral

Questions

How do you pronounce materterine?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/.
What does materterine mean?
Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)
Where does materterine come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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