mère
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Etymology
Noun
mère m (plural mères) (ORB, broad)
References
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French mere, from Old French medre, mere, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
mère f (plural mères)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: mè
See also
Further reading
- “mère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Noun
mère f (plural mères)
- (France, Guernsey) mother
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 530-31:
- Février dit à Janvier:—'Si j'étais à votre pièche je f'rais gelaïr le pots sus le faeu et les p'tits éfàns aux seins de leurs mères'—et pour son ìmpudence i' fut raccourchi de daeux jours, et Janvier fut aloigni.
- February said to January:—If I were in your place I would cause the pots to freeze on the fire, and babes at their mothers' breasts—and for his insolence he was shortened of two days, and January was lengthened.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- grand'-mère f (“grandmother”)
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