bière

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bjɛʁ/ Rhymes: -ɛr Homophones: Bière, bières === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French biere, borrowed from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch *bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (compare Old Saxon and Old High German bior), all from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Akin to Old English bēor (“beer”). More at beer. ==== Noun ==== bière f (plural bières) beer ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French biere, from Proto-Germanic *bērō; cognate with German Bahre and English bier. ==== Noun ==== bière f (plural bières) bier coffin La mise en bière. ― The action of putting a corpse in a coffin. === Further reading === “bière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === Ibère