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

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