bergère

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bergère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrˈʒɛːr/, /ˌbɛrˈʒɛː.rə/

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• Hyphenation: ber‧gè‧re

Noun

bergère f (plural bergères, no diminutive)

1. wing chair
2. (obsolete) shepherdess

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bergiere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/

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Noun

bergère f (plural bergères)

1. female equivalent of berger (“shepherdess”)
2. wing chair

Descendants

• → Dutch: bergère
• → Polish: berżera
• → Portuguese: bergère

Further reading

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