cervoise

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cervoise, from Old French cervoise, from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.vwaz/
• Rhymes: -az

Noun

cervoise f (usually uncountable, plural cervoises)

1. (historical) ale, a beer made during antiquity and the Middle Ages with barley or wheat, but without hops

   Hypernym: bière

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cervoise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrˈvwɛzə/

Noun

cervoise f (usually uncountable, plural cervoises)

1. beer

   Synonym: biere

Descendants

• French: cervoise (historical)

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

cerveise, cerveyse cervoisce, ciervoise chervoise, chiervoise (Normano-Picard) cervaise, cervaisce cervasia (? unusual) serveise, serveyse, servoise, servervoyse, siervoise, servois

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cervēs(i)a.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /t͡sɛɾˈvei̯zə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡sɛɾˈvoi̯zə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /sɛɾˈvo̯ɛzə/

Noun

cervoise oblique singular, f (oblique plural cervoises, nominative singular cervoise, nominative plural cervoises)

1. beer

   Synonym: biere

Descendants

• Middle French: cervoise
  • French: cervoise (historical)
• Picard: cervoise (rare)
• Walloon: cervoisse (archaic)
• → Old Franco-Provençal: servoysa (presumably)
• → Old Italian: cervogia, cervese
• → Romansch: gervasa

References

• “cervoise”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cervēsia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 613