bière

See also: biere, Biere, biére, and Bière

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Homophones: Bière, bières

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French biere, borrowed from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch *bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (compare Old Saxon and Old High German bior), all from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Akin to Old English bēor (“beer”). More at beer.

Noun

bière f (plural bières)

1. beer

Derived terms

• bière à la pression
• bière blonde
• bière brune
• bière de garde
• bière de table
• panse à bière
• petite bière

 

Descendants

• → Abenaki: labial (from "la bière")
• → Khmer: ប៊ីយេរ (biiyɛɛ)
• → Lao: ເບຍ (bīa)
• → Vietnamese: bia

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French biere, from Proto-Germanic *bērō; cognate with German Bahre and English bier.

Noun

bière f (plural bières)

1. bier
2. coffin

   La mise en bière. ― The action of putting a corpse in a coffin.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Ibère