beurre
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/
audio (France) (file) audio (Quebec) (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
Derived terms
Derived terms
Verb
beurre
- inflection of beurrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “beurre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).
Pronunciation
- (Jersey)
Audio (file)
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”)
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