beurre
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French beurre (16th c.), from a regional (eastern or western) variant of burre, from Old French burre, bure, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “butter”, literally “cow-cheese”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bœʁ/
audio (France) (file) audio (Quebec) (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
- Homophones: beur, beurs, beurrent, beurres
Noun[edit]
beurre m (plural beurres)
- butter
- Il a bu une pinte de beurre fondu.
- He drank a pint of melted butter.
Derived terms[edit]
- avoir le cul dans le beurre
- beurrage
- beurre blanc
- beurre clarifié
- beurre composé
- beurre corporel
- beurre de cacahuète
- beurre de cacao
- beurre de karité
- beurre d’arachide
- beurre d’arachides
- beurre noir
- beurrier
- compter pour du beurre
- couteau à beurre
- jambon beurre
- le beurre et l’argent du beurre
- mettre du beurre dans les épinards
- ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre
- planche à beurre
Descendants[edit]
Verb[edit]
beurre
- inflection of beurrer:
Further reading[edit]
- “beurre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Jersey)
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
beurre m (plural beurres)
Derived terms[edit]
- battre lé beurre (“to make butter”)
- beurre dé chocolat (“chocolate spread”)
- beurre dé nouaix (“peanut butter”)
- beurryi (“butter dish”)
- faithe eune montangne dé beurre (“to do something half-baked; to construct a house of cards”, literally “to make a mountain of butter”)
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