berce

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See also: bercé and bérce

French

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Noun

berce f (plural berces)

  1. hogweed, any plant of the genus Heracleum

Verb

berce

  1. inflection of bercer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since 1697. Ultimately from *bertium, probably from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).

Cognate with Portuguese berço and French berceau; compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɾθe̝/, (western) /ˈbɛɾse̝/

Noun

berce m (plural berces)

  1. cradle, crib
    Synonym: rolo
    • 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo, escoiten todos:
      Este lugar non foi berzo
      Na sua idade mais tenra?
      Non lle debeu à crianza,
      Todo ò seu ser, è à sabenza?
      Was not this place his crib
      during his most tender age?
      Doesn't he owe it his upbringing,
      his whole being and his knowledge?
    • 1707, Salvador F. Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      Deceme miña comadre
      o Berse, de que madeyra
      serà, para o noso Infante?
      Tell me, sister,
      The crib, of which wood
      Will it be for our Prince?
  2. (figurative) origin

References

  1. ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 82-83 – via De Gruyter.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “brizo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Verb

berce

  1. inflection of berçar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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