carte mère
\kaʁt(ə).mɛʁ\
The verdict
“carte mère” 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) - Carte électronique qui sert de support aux composants principaux d’un ensemble électronique et éventuellement aux cartes filles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carte-mere · carte mère · French
carte mère · 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 "C" 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 | carte mère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁt(ə).mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carte mère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carte mère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁt(ə).mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carte électronique qui sert de support aux composants principaux d’un ensemble électronique et éventuellement aux cartes filles.".
carte mère has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carte mère, spelled C-A-R-T-E- -M-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Carte électronique qui sert de support aux composants principaux d’un ensemble électronique et éventuellement aux cartes filles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carte mère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La carte mère est la colonne vertébrale de l’ordinateur. Il s’agit d’un support imprimé de pistes métalliques reliant ses circuits et ses connecteurs.
This word in other languages
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