bruyère
French
Etymology
From Old French bruiere, from Latin brugaria, used in Latin for heather in several medieval texts, probably from Gaulish *bruco, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos (compare Breton brug, Welsh/Cornish grug, and Irish fraoch).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɥi.jɛʁ/
- Homophone: bruyères
Further reading
- “bruyère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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