tate-mame

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Pronunciations

tate-mame (TAH-teh-mah-meh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Parents.

Example Sentences

  • "Halfway through 'di tseremonye' Nelson breaks the 'nayes' (news) to his 'tate-mame' (parents) that he's gay." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • טאַטע־מאַמע tate-mame

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      tate mame

Notes

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