mère
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology
editNoun
editmère m (plural mères) (ORB, broad)
References
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French mere, from Old French medre, mere, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmère f (plural mères)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Haitian Creole: mè
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “mère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Noun
editmère f (plural mères)
- (France, Guernsey) mother
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], 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
editDerived terms
edit- grand'-mère f (“grandmother”)
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