bief

From Old French bied, bié, from Gaulish *bedom, from Proto-Celtic *bedom (“something that is dug”), ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-.

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bief m (plural biefs)

1. reach (of water)
2. mill race

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

bief

1. second-person singular imperative of biewen