yvre

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Middle French

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old French yvre, from Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (drink).

Adjective

[edit]

yvre m or f (plural yvres)

  1. drunk (intoxicated due to alcohol)

Descendants

[edit]
  • French: ivre

Old French

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (drink).

Adjective

[edit]

yvre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular yvre)

  1. drunk (intoxicated due to alcohol)
  2. (figuratively) intoxicated (with love or emotion)

Descendants

[edit]

Old Occitan

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin ēbrius.

Adjective

[edit]

yvre

  1. drunk
    • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
      E no m’en tengatz per yvre / S’ieu ma bona dompna am [...].
      And she doesn't take me for drunk if I love my good lady.