beurre

See also: beurré and Beurré

French

Etymology

From Middle French burre, from Old French bure, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “butter”, literally “cow-cheese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

beurre m (plural beurres)

1. butter

Derived terms

Derived terms

• le beurre et l’argent du beurre
• beurre d’arachide
• beurrage
• beurrier

Verb

beurre

1. inflection of beurrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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Norman

Alternative forms

• buure (continental Normandy)
• burre (Guernsey)
• bür (Sark)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin būtȳrum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

Pronunciation

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Noun

beurre m (plural beurres)

1. (Jersey) butter

Derived terms

• 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”)