bigre

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biɡʁ/
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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bijakaʀjō (“beekeeper”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bigre m (plural bigres)

  1. (historical) a forest ranger who sought out swarms of bees in the forest, tended to them, and gathered their honey and wax

Etymology 2

Euphemstic alteration of bougre. Compare fichtre from foutre.

Interjection

bigre !

  1. bugger!

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