la

/mɛʁ/

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Translation

mother

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Word origin

From Latin matrem, accusative of mater ('mother').

Origin
Latin
Root
mater
English cognates
maternal, matrix, matron

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Examples

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My mother makes the best chocolate cake.

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His mother works as a nurse in a hospital.

Thomas .

Thomas's mother works in a big office in the city.

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Her mother taught her to cook the dishes of the country.

- .

She became a mother for the first time at thirty-two.

est le terme standard et neutre pour la parenté maternelle, plus formel que maman (affectif, familier). Elle entre dans des composés comme belle-mère (mother-in-law or stepmother) et grand-mère (grandmother). Le titre religieux Mère (Mother Superior) prend une majuscule.

La mère patrie (the motherland) et la langue maternelle (mother tongue) sont des métaphores politiques et linguistiques établies. Mère de famille (mother of a family) désignait un rôle social ; aujourd'hui on préfère souvent parent dans les textes officiels. C'est la mère de toutes les batailles calque l'arabe et signifie la bataille décisive.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 6: mère, leur, ok and 7 more words.