mere
adjective
being nothing more nor better than.
mères
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pluralof mère.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The brigade system became standard in ambitious French restaurants, as did a more stylized form of cooking that took pains to set itself apart from what the mères had achieved.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
He growled out affably: "Mais non, on ne mange pas les enfants, ni leurs mères," and gathered up the baby and passed him about for the others to look at.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson
Even the shepherds had lost the power of communing with the planets at night; and all the valley read the Petit Journal instead of consulting the vieilles mères.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd
