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bière

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See also: biere, Biere, biére, and Bière

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French biere, borrowed from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch *bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (compare Old Saxon and Old High German bior), all from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Akin to Old English bēor (beer). More at beer.

Noun

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bière f (plural bières)

  1. beer
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Abenaki: labial (from "la bière")
  • Khmer: ប៊ីយេរ (biiyɛɛ)
  • Lao: ເບຍ (bīa)
  • Sango: bîêre
  • Vietnamese: bia

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old French biere, from Proto-Germanic *bērō; cognate with German Bahre and English bier.

Noun

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bière f (plural bières)

  1. bier
  2. coffin
    La mise en bière.The action of putting a corpse in a coffin.

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