mère
Franco-Provençal edit
Noun edit
mère m
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French mere, from Old French medre, mere, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mère f (plural mères)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: mè
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “mère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Noun edit
mère f (plural mères)
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- grand'-mère f (“grandmother”)