bière

See also: biere, Biere, biére, and Bière

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjɛʁ/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Homophones: Bière, bières

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French biere, borrowed from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch *bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (compare Old Saxon and Old High German bior), all from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Akin to Old English bēor (“beer”). More at beer.

Noun

bière f (plural bières)

  1. beer
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Abenaki: labial (from "la bière")
  • → Khmer: ប៊ីយេរ (biiyɛɛ)
  • → Lao: ເບຍ (bīa)
  • → Sango: bîêre
  • → Vietnamese: bia

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French biere, from Proto-Germanic *bērō; cognate with German Bahre and English bier.

Noun

bière f (plural bières)

  1. bier
  2. coffin
    La mise en bière. ― The action of putting a corpse in a coffin.

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