langue mère
\lɑ̃ɡ mɛʁ\
The verdict
“langue 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue dont plusieurs langues en question sont dérivées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langue-mere · langue mère · French
langue mère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | langue mère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃ɡ mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langue mère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langue mère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃ɡ mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue dont plusieurs langues en question sont dérivées.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for langue mère, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is langue mère, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -M-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Langue dont plusieurs langues en question sont dérivées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how langue mère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à l’origine des langues algonquiennes, la dernière preuve de l’unité linguistique de la langue mère (appelée aussi protolangue) remonterait vraisemblablement à plus de trois mille ans. Cette langue mère aurait été parlée dans la région des Grands-Lacs qui séparent le Canada des États-Unis.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.