beure

See also: beuré

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton beure, from Proto-Brythonic *bọreɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”). Compare Cornish and Welsh bore (“morning”), Old Irish bárach, whence i mbárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amárach.

Noun

beure m

1. morning

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbəw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbew.ɾe]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: veure
• Rhymes: -ɛwɾe

Verb

beure (first-person singular present bec, first-person singular preterite beguí, past participle begut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to drink

Conjugation

    Conjugation of beure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			beure
gerund			bevent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		begut		beguda
		plural		beguts		begudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bec	beus	beu	bevem	beveu	beuen
	imperfect	bevia	bevies	bevia	bevíem	bevíeu	bevien
	future	beuré	beuràs	beurà	beurem	beureu	beuran
	preterite	beguí	begueres	begué	beguérem	beguéreu	begueren
	conditional	beuria	beuries	beuria	beuríem	beuríeu	beurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	begui	beguis	begui	beguem	begueu	beguin
	imperfect	begués	beguessis	begués	beguéssim	beguéssiu	beguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	beu	begui	beguem	beveu	beguin
	negative (no)	—	no beguis	no begui	no beguem	no begueu	no beguin

Derived terms

• beguda
• haver begut oli

Related terms

• beuarra
• beuratge
• bevedor
• bevenda
• bevent
• beverri
• bevotejar

 

Noun

beure m (plural beures)

1. drink, beverage

   Synonym: beguda

Further reading

• “beure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “beure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “beure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “beure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) bure

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bure, from Latin butyrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bœr/

Noun

beure m (plural beures)

1. (Troyen, Langrois) butter

Derived terms

• baibeure

 

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Occitan

Alternative forms

• béver (Languedoc)

Etymology

From Old Occitan beure, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbewre/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

beure m (plural beures) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. beverage, drink

   Synonym: bevenda

2. drinking

Verb

beure (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. to drink

   Hyponyms: bevajessar, bevetar, bevotejar

2. (figuratively) to believe, to buy

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		beure			aver begut
gerund		bevent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		begut			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bevi	beves	beu	bevèm	bevètz	bevon
	imperfect	beviái	beviás	beviá	beviam	beviatz	bevián
	preterite	beurai	beuràs	beurà	beurem	beuretz	beuràn
	future	beguèri	beguères	beguèt	beguèrem	beguèretz	beguèron
	conditional	beuriái	beuriás	beuriá	beuriam	beuriatz	beurián
	conditional 2nd form1
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bega	begas	bega	bega	begatz	began
	imperfect	beguèsse	beguèsses	beguèsse	beguèssem	beguèssetz	beguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			beu		begam	bevètz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• beguda
• beulaiga
• beuratge
• beure a galet
• beure a galetadas
• beure dels uèlhs
• beuvariá
• bevable
• bevajessar
• bevedís
• bevedor
• beveire
• béver
• beveriá
• bevet
• beveta
• bevetar
• bevotejar
• far lo grand beure

 

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 114.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin bibere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbewɾe/

Verb

beure

1. to drink

Descendants

• Occitan: beure