Mère Nature

\mɛʁ na.tyʁ\

/\mɛʁ na.tyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“Mère Nature” 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) - Allégorie de la nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mere-nature · Mère Nature · French

Mère Nature · 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 "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.

Key facts for Mère Nature
PropertyValue
HeadwordMère Nature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁ na.tyʁ\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Mère Nature » en français

Mère Naturen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mère Nature is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁ na.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Allégorie de la nature.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Mère Nature in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Mère Nature, spelled M-È-R-E- -N-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allégorie de la nature.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mère Nature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'éthique de l'Antiquité, en particulier chez les épicuriens, est de suivre la Nature : sequere naturam. Cette Mère Nature était spiritualisée, comme l'indique Robert Lenoble dans son Histoire de l'idée de nature.
  2. — Ça fait beaucoup trop longtemps que Mère Nature fait ce qu'elle veut. Il est grand temps de l'empêcher d'édicter toutes ses lois. Il se peut qu'elle ait nourri cette planète depuis une bonne centaine de millions d'années, mais elle l'a aussi terrorisée.

Synonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mère Nature"?
"Mère Nature" is spelled M-È-R-E- -N-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ na.tyʁ\.
What does "Mère Nature" mean?
As a noun, "Mère Nature" means: Allégorie de la nature.
How do you pronounce "Mère Nature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mère Nature" is \mɛʁ na.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mère Nature" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list