feurre

French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French fuerre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *fodar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *peh₂tróm (“food”). Cognate with English fodder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœʁ/

Noun

feurre m (plural feurres)

1. (obsolete) hay, straw (especially as used to cushion chairs, cover rural housing etc.)

Related terms

• fourrer

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Noun

feurre m (plural feurres)

1. hay

Descendants

• French: feurre