feurre

French

Etymology

Old French fuerre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂tróm (“food”). Cognate with English fodder.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fœʁ/

Noun

feurre m (plural feurres)

(obsolete) hay, straw (especially as used to cushion chairs, cover rural housing etc.)

Further reading

“feurre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

feurre m (plural feurres)

hay

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