materner
\ma.tɛʁ.ne\
The verdict
“materner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre soin d’un enfant en tant que sa mère, ou comme une mère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-materner · materner · French
materner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | materner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.tɛʁ.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « materner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
materner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.tɛʁ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for materner, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is materner, spelled M-A-T-E-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Prendre soin d’un enfant en tant que sa mère, ou comme une mère.
- 2Prendre excessivement soin d’une personne, contre son gré, son bien-être ou la morale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how materner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Évitez de me materner, murmura-t-il. Ce n’est pas le genre de relation que nous recherchons, vous et moi…
Résumons : la COVID a révélé les failles de notre modèle social et notre besoin d’encadrement devant les incertitudes de l’existence. Nous avons besoin de nous faire materner.
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.