biere
Franc-Comtois edit
Noun edit
biere f
Middle French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bier or Middle High German bier, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun edit
biere f (plural bieres)
- beer (alcoholic drink)
Descendants edit
- French: bière
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French biere, bere, from Frankish *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.
Noun edit
biere f (plural bieres)
- bier (cart used to transport cadavers)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (biere, supplement)
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Alternatively, from Old High German bior, from the same Germanic source.
Noun edit
biere oblique singular, f (oblique plural bieres, nominative singular biere, nominative plural bieres)
- beer (alcoholic drink)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *berō.
Noun edit
biere oblique singular, f (oblique plural bieres, nominative singular biere, nominative plural bieres)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (biere, supplement)