bélître

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bellitre, belistre, belleudre, from Middle Dutch bedelster, bedelare (“beggar”), from bedelen (“to beg”), from Old Dutch *bedulon, from Proto-West Germanic *bedulōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.litʁ/

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Noun

bélître m (plural bélîtres)

1. a worthless person
2. a rascal
3. a beggar

Descendants

• → Portuguese: biltre

Further reading

• “bélître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.