bièvre

From Middle French bievre, from Old French bievre (“beaver”), from Frankish *bebru (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”). Akin to Old High German bibar (German Biber (“beaver”)), Middle Dutch bēver (Dutch bever (“beaver”)), Old English befer (“beaver”). More at beaver.

• IPA^(key): /bjɛvʁ/

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bièvre m (plural bièvres)

1. (archaic or dialectal) beaver (mammal)

• castor (Modern French)

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

• vibrée