alma mater
\al.ma ma.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“alma mater” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne la terre nourricière, la nature dans sa globalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alma-mater · alma mater · French
alma mater · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alma mater |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ma ma.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
alma mater is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ma ma.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for alma mater in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alma mater, spelled A-L-M-A- -M-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Désigne la terre nourricière, la nature dans sa globalité.
- 2Désigne l’université, la grande école dans laquelle une personne a étudié.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alma mater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aujourd’hui, la nature est devenue une sorte d’alma mater qui doit être protégée.
Alors lui aussi, il sucera le lait de l’Alma Mater. Tu feras du latin, n’est-ce pas ?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.