bigre
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French bigre, from Old French bigre, from Latin bigrus, bigarus, from Proto-West Germanic *bijakaʀjō (“beekeeper”), possibly via Old English bēocere (“beekeeper”).
Noun edit
bigre m (plural bigres)
- (historical) a forest ranger who sought out swarms of bees in the forest, tended to them, and gathered their honey and wax
Etymology 2 edit
Euphemstic alteration of bougre. Compare fichtre from foutre.
Interjection edit
bigre !
Further reading edit
- “bigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.