bigarrer

French

Etymology

From bis (“twice”) + *garrer, from Middle French garre (“of two colors”), but further origin uncertain; possibly borrowed from Occitan or Provençal, ultimately from Germanic. Ultimate source of English bigarade (“bitter orange”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

bigarrer

  1. to variegate, to produce a colourful pattern

Conjugation

Descendants

  • → Spanish: abigarrar

References

  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

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