beure
See also: beuré
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton beure, from Proto-Brythonic *bọreɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”). Compare Cornish and Welsh bore (“morning”), Old Irish bárach, whence i mbárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amárach.
Noun
beure m
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛw.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈbəw.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbew.ɾe]
Audio: (file) - Homophone: veure
- Rhymes: -ɛwɾe
Verb
beure (first-person singular present bec, first-person singular preterite beguí, past participle begut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to drink
Conjugation
Conjugation of beure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
| infinitive | beure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bevent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | begut | beguda | |||||
| plural | beguts | begudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | bec | beus | beu | bevem | beveu | beuen | |
| imperfect | bevia | bevies | bevia | bevíem | bevíeu | bevien | |
| future | beuré | beuràs | beurà | beurem | beureu | beuran | |
| preterite | beguí | begueres | begué | beguérem | beguéreu | begueren | |
| conditional | beuria | beuries | beuria | beuríem | beuríeu | beurien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | begui | beguis | begui | beguem | begueu | beguin | |
| imperfect | begués | beguessis | begués | beguéssim | beguéssiu | beguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | beu | begui | beguem | beveu | beguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no beguis | no begui | no beguem | no begueu | no beguin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
beure m (plural beures)
Further reading
- “beure”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “beure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “beure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “beure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Champenois
Alternative forms
- (Rémois) bure
Etymology
Inherited from Old French bure, from Latin butyrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bœr/
Noun
beure m (plural beures)
- (Troyen, Langrois) butter
Derived terms
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes
Occitan
Alternative forms
- béver (Languedoc)
Etymology
From Old Occitan beure, from Latin bibere.
Pronunciation
Noun
beure m (plural beures) (Languedoc, Limousin)
Verb
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beure | aver begut | |||||
| gerund | bevent | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | begut | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | bevi | beves | beu | bevèm | bevètz | bevon | |
| imperfect | beviái | beviás | beviá | beviam | beviatz | bevián | |
| preterite | beurai | beuràs | beurà | beurem | beuretz | beuràn | |
| future | beguèri | beguères | beguèt | beguèrem | beguèretz | beguèron | |
| conditional | beuriái | beuriás | beuriá | beuriam | beuriatz | beurián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | |||||||
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | bega | begas | bega | bega | begatz | began | |
| imperfect | beguèsse | beguèsses | beguèsse | beguèssem | beguèssetz | beguèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| beu | begam | bevètz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 114.
Old Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbewɾe/
Verb
beure
- to drink
Descendants
- Occitan: beure