sa mère

\sa mɛʁ\

/\sa mɛʁ\/ intj

The verdict

“sa mère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exclamation exagérée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sa-mere · sa mère · French

sa mère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 sa mère
PropertyValue
Headwordsa mère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\sa mɛʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sa mère » en français

sa mèresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

sa mère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \sa mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exclamation exagérée.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sa mère 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sa mère, spelled S-A- -M-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exclamation exagérée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ouh sa mère ! Je n'aurais pas aimé cela...

Synonyms

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 "sa mère"?
"sa mère" is spelled S-A- -M-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa mɛʁ\.
What does "sa mère" mean?
As an interjection, "sa mère" means: Exclamation exagérée.
How do you pronounce "sa mère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sa mère" is \sa mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sa mère" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list