berne

From Spanish bernia, possibly as a shortening from Latin Hibernia (“Ireland”) where this fabric was made.

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁn/

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berne f (plural bernes)

1. (obsolete) a piece of fabric, particularly wool
2. (obsolete) hazing inflicted on someone by tossing into the air on a blanket
3. (by extension) such a blanket itself

• en berne

berne

1. inflection of berner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

berne

1. compound of the infinitive bere with ne

berne

1. alternative form of barn (“child”)

berne

1. alternative form of bern (“barn”)

berne

1. alternative form of bern (“man, warrior”)

Uncertain. Usually explained as a corruption of verme (“worm”), but it could instead be from a Guaraní word.

berne m (plural bernes)

1. bot (larva of a bot fly)