mère

See also: mere, Mere, merë, -mere, and mere-

French

Etymology

From Middle French mere, from Old French medre, mere, from Latin mater, matrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛʁ/
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Homophones: maire, maires, mer, mères, mers

Noun

mère f (plural mères)

mother

See also

Derived terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: mè

Further reading

“mère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

méthe (Jersey)
mer (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

mère f (plural mères)

(France, Guernsey) mother

Coordinate terms

(gender): père, pére

Derived terms

grand'-mère f (“grandmother”)

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