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{{wiktionary|mother}}
The primary use of the word "'''mother'''" is to refer to a biological or social ] ], for which see ]. The word is also used in the following ways:
A ''']''' is a female parent.


'''Mother''' may also refer to:
* as a ]:
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** source or creator, as in the phrase "Necessity is the mother of invention", or "mother country" in reference to a ];
** precursor, as in ];
** superior in hierarchy, as in "mother ship";
** first in a person's life, as in ];
** main or primary, as in ] and the "mother of all wars".
* a title or polite form of address to a spiritual mother in Christianity, such as an ] or the wife of a ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ] on the Pink Floyd album ''The Wall''.


==Literature==
* ], a 1907 short story by Owen Wister
* ], 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky
* "]", a 1914 short story by James Joyce


==Theatre==
{{disambig}}
* ], a 1929 opera by the Czech composer Alois Hába
* ''Mother'', a 1938 opera by ]
* ''Mother'', opera by ]
* ], a 1910 play by Jules Eckert Goodman

==Film==

===United States===
* ], an American silent film by the Thanhouser Company
* ], an American silent film by Maurice Tourneur
*''Mother'', a 1927 American silent film written by ]
* ], an American film by Albert Brooks
*''Mother'', a 2006 short film by ]
* '']'', a 2017 American film by Darren Aronofsky
* Mother, a computer in '']'' (1979)

===Europe===
* ], a Russian film by Vsevolod Pudovkin
* ], a Hungarian film by Johann von Vásáry
* ], a Soviet film by Mark Donskoy
* ], a Soviet film by Gleb Panfilov
* ], a short film directed by Rati Tsiteladze
* ], an Estonian film
* ], a short film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
* ], a film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen based on his short film of the same name

===Asia===
*''Mother'', a 1935 ] by Wen Yimin
*''Mother'', a 1949 Chinese film by ]
* ], a Japanese film by Mikio Naruse
*''Mother'', a 1956 ] by Ling Zifeng
* ], a Japanese film by Kaneto Shindo
* ], a Korean film by Park Chul-soo
* '']'', a 1986 Indonesian film by Teguh Karya, released internationally as ''Mother''
* ], an Iranian film by Ali Hatami
* ], an Indian film starring Rekha
* ], a South Korean film by Bong Joon-ho
* ], a Japanese film by Kazuo Umezu
* ], a Japanese film by ]

==Television==
===Series===
* ], a 2010 Japanese television drama
*], a 2016 Turkish television drama
* ], a 2018 South Korean TV series

===Episodes===
* ], a 2015 episode from the TV series ''Once Upon a Time''
* ], an episode from the TV series ''The Flash''
*"Mother", an episode from the ]
* "Mother...", an ]

===Characters===
* ], a 1960s British TV character

==Games==
* ], a 1989 role-playing video game
** ]

==Music==

===Bands===
* ], a Canadian rock band formerly called Mother

===Albums===
* ], 2020
* ], 2005
* ], 1994
* ], 2013
* ], 2005
* ], 2021
* ], 1989
* ], 2016
* ], 2023
* ], 2009
* ''Mother'', an album by ]
* ''Mother'', an EP by ]

===Songs===
*], 2014
* ], 2011
* ], 2019
* ], 1988
* ], 1970
* ], 1995
* ], 2023
* ], 1979
* "Mother", by the Afro Celt Sound System from '']''
* "Mother", by Ashanti from '']''
* "Mother", by Chicago from '']''
* "Mother", by Era from '']''
* "Mother", by Goldie from '']''
* "Mother", by Cyndi Lauper from '']''
* "Mother", by Florence + the Machine from '']''
* "Mother", by James from '']''
* "Mother", by ]
* "Mother", by Moloko from '']''
* "Mother", by The Police from '']''
* "Mother", by Puffy AmiYumi from '']''
* "Mother", by Ray Charles ]
* "Mother", by Red House Painters from '']''
* "Mother", by Tori Amos from '']''
* "Mother", from the musical '']''
* "Mother", by Kacey Musgraves from '']''
* "MOTHER", by Susumu Hirasawa from '']''
* "M-O-T-H-E-R", by ]
*"Mother", by Blonde Redhead from '']''
*"Mother", by Porter Robinson from ]

==Food and drink==
* ]
* Mother's, a kosher food brand owned by ]
* ], sometimes called a "mother", used to start the fermentation process in making various foods and drinks
** ], or SCOBY (for symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), occurring in the making of kombucha
** "Mother" or "mother dough", a ] starter dough
** ]

==Other uses==
* ], a British advertising agency
* ], the main printed circuit board found in microcomputers
* Mother, prototype of the British ]
* (Sometimes spelled "moth-er"), a person who studies ]s

==See also==
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* {{wiktionary-inline|moth-er}}
* {{srt}}
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

{{disambiguation}}

Latest revision as of 23:10, 2 September 2024

A mother is a female parent.

Mother may also refer to:

Literature

Theatre

Film

United States

Europe

Asia

Television

Series

Episodes

Characters

Games

Music

Bands

Albums

Songs

Food and drink

Other uses

See also

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