mère

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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from French maire.

Noun

mère m (plural mères) (ORB)

mayor

References

maire in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
mère in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mere, from Old French medre, mere, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛʁ/
(Quebec) IPA^(key): [maɛ̯ʁ]
audio (file)
Homophones: maire, maires, mer, mères, mers

Noun

mère f (plural mères)

mother

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.

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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