bigre

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biɡʁ/
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Etymology 1

From Middle French bigre, from Old French bigre, from Latin bigrus, bigarus, from Proto-West Germanic *bijakaʀjō (beekeeper), possibly via Old English bēocere (beekeeper).

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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