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beurre.

butter

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bœʁ/

  1. butter

    masculine
    Il a bu une pinte de beurre fondu.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French beurre (16th c.), from a regional (eastern or western) variant of burre, from Old French burre, bure, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “butter”, literally “cow-cheese”).

verb/bœʁ/

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

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of beurrer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French beurre (16th c.), from a regional (eastern or western) variant of burre, from Old French burre, bure, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “butter”, literally “cow-cheese”).

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