mère

See also: mere, Mere, merë, 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)

1. mother

See also

• maternelle
• père

Derived terms

• belle-mère
• grand-mère
• mère au foyer

Further reading

• “mère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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)

1. (France, Guernsey) mother

Coordinate terms

• (gender): père, pére

Derived terms

• grand'-mère f (“grandmother”)