bluter

See also: Bluter

French

Etymology

From Middle French buleter, beluter, from Middle High German biuteln, biūtel, from Old High German butil (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch buidel; compare also Galician barutar and Italian burattare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bly.te/
  • (file)

Verb

bluter

  1. to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • blutage (“sifting”)
  • bluteau (“sifter”)
  • blutoir (“sifter”)

Further reading

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