idée mèren.

Brit.

/ˌiːdeɪ ˈmɛː/, U.S.

/iˌdeɪ ˈmɛ(ə)r/

Inflections: Plural idées mères.

Forms: 1800s idée mêre (irregular), 1800s– idée mère, 2000s– idee mère.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French idée mère.

Etymology: < French idée mère (1745) < idée idea n. + mère mother n.¹ Compare earlier mother-idea n. at mother n.¹ Compounds 7.In plural form idées mères after the French plural form.

= mother-idea n. at mother n.¹ Compounds 7.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > fundamental

mother-idea1821

idée mère1841

mother-thought1861

seed thought1863

1841 J. S. Mill Let. Aug. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 483 I think you should dwell much more..on the idée mêre of..the article.

1863 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 69 The idée mère, the primitive element, in the formation of the notion of justice, was conformity to law.

1908 H. James Awkward Age Preface p. viii They especially emphasise that truth of the vanity of the a priori test of what an idée-mère may have to give.

1931 R. Fry Lett. (1972) II. 653 It is a remarkable book even if it's hypothetical and he may have got an idée mère.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 53/1 The characteristic feature of the system, its idee mère , as Tocqueville would have said, appears totally insignificant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idée mère
释义	idée mèren. Brit. /ˌiːdeɪ ˈmɛː/, U.S. /iˌdeɪ ˈmɛ(ə)r/ Inflections: Plural idées mères. Forms: 1800s idée mêre (irregular), 1800s– idée mère, 2000s– idee mère. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French idée mère. Etymology: < French idée mère (1745) < idée idea n. + mère mother n.¹ Compare earlier mother-idea n. at mother n.¹ Compounds 7.In plural form idées mères after the French plural form. = mother-idea n. at mother n.¹ Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > fundamental mother-idea1821 idée mère1841 mother-thought1861 seed thought1863 1841 J. S. Mill Let. Aug. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 483 I think you should dwell much more..on the idée mêre of..the article. 1863 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 69 The idée mère, the primitive element, in the formation of the notion of justice, was conformity to law. 1908 H. James Awkward Age Preface p. viii They especially emphasise that truth of the vanity of the a priori test of what an idée-mère may have to give. 1931 R. Fry Lett. (1972) II. 653 It is a remarkable book even if it's hypothetical and he may have got an idée mère. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 53/1 The characteristic feature of the system, its idee mère , as Tocqueville would have said, appears totally insignificant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841
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