befre

Galician

Etymology

From Germanic or Celtic origin, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”). Akin to French bièvre, Old High German bibar (German Biber (“beaver”)), Middle Dutch bēver (Dutch bever (“beaver”)), Old English befer (“beaver”), Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbefɾe/ [ˈbe.fɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -efɾe
• Hyphenation: be‧fre

Noun

befre m (plural befres)

1. (dated) beaver (mammal)

   Synonym: castor

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “befre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega