berner

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French bren (“bran, excrement”), with metathesis (circa 1480s), having first had the meaning of "vanner le blé" or the scatological meaning of "fouiller d'excréments" present in Rabelais' writings. For semantic development, compare terms like shit talk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛʁ.ne/ === Verb === berner (transitive) to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink Synonym: duper ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “berner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012