méthe
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Noun edit
méthe f (plural méthes)
- (Jersey) mother
- From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
- From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (gender): péthe
Derived terms edit
- belle-méthe (“mother-in-law”)
- Fête des Méthes (“Mother's Day”)
- grand-méthe (“grandmother”)
- méthe à san tout seu, méthe sîndguliéthe (“single mother”)
- méthe ès moûques (“queen bee”)
- néthe méthe (“head of a coven”)
- reine méthe (“queen mother”)