materterine

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materterine

/məˈtɜːtəɹaɪn/ UK
/məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/ US
[-ɾə-] US

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From Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”) + English -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).

adjective more materterine · most materterine

humorous, rare Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)
Similar: auntish, auntlike, auntyish, materteral

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@misc{materterine_2026,
  title = {materterine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/materterine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}