bélître

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bellitre, belistre, belleudre, from Middle Dutch bedelster, bedelare (“beggar”), from bedelen (“to beg”), from Old Dutch *bedulon, from Proto-West Germanic *bedulōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be.litʁ/ === Noun === bélître m (plural bélîtres) a worthless person a rascal a beggar ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: biltre === Further reading === “bélître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012