biere

See also: Biere, biére, bière, and Bière

Franc-Comtois

Noun

biere f

  1. beer

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French biere, from Old Dutch *bior or Old High German bior, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

biere f (plural bieres)

  1. beer (alcoholic drink)
Descendants
  • French: bière
    • → Abenaki: labial (from "la bière")
    • → Khmer: ប៊ីយេរ (biiyɛɛ)
    • → Lao: ເບຍ (bīa)
    • → Vietnamese: bia

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun

biere f (plural bieres)

  1. bier (cart used to transport cadavers)

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (biere, supplement)

Old French

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Alternatively, from Old High German bior, from the same Germanic source.

Noun

biere f (oblique plural bieres, nominative singular biere, nominative plural bieres)

  1. beer (alcoholic drink)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *berō.

Noun

biere f (oblique plural bieres, nominative singular biere, nominative plural bieres)

  1. bier (cart used to transport cadavers)
  2. a casket for cadavers

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (biere, supplement)
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