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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French yvre, from Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”).
Adjective
yvre m or f (plural yvres)
- drunk (intoxicated due to alcohol)
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”).
Adjective
yvre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular yvre)
- drunk (intoxicated due to alcohol)
- (figuratively) intoxicated (with love or emotion)
Descendants
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin ēbrius.
Adjective
yvre
- drunk
c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:E no m’en tengatz per yvre / S’ieu ma bona dompna am [...].- And she doesn't take me for drunk if I love my good lady.