mâre

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mare"

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• mére (ORB)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mātrem.

Noun

mâre f (plural mâres) (ORB large)

1. mother

   Coordinate term: pâre (“father”)

References

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

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 8: “sua madre” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “māter”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 467