feurre

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœʁ/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

feurre m (plural feurres)

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

Related terms

• fourrage
• fourrer
• fourrier

Further reading

• “feurre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

feurre m (plural feurres)

1. hay

Descendants

• French: feurre