how to pronounce mater

/ma.te/

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mater is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of mater in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… ou en syrie pour mater des ennemis de ce …”

meanings of mater

verb:

To suppress, quell (a revolution, person, insurrection).
To ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person).
To checkmate.

mater frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word mater occurs in french on average 4.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.