bergère
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French bergère.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛrˈʒɛːr/, /ˌbɛrˈʒɛː.rə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ber‧gè‧re
Noun
bergère f (plural bergères)
- wing chair
- (obsolete) shepherdess
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French bergiere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
bergère f (plural bergères)
- female equivalent of berger (“shepherdess”)
- wing chair
Descendants
- → Dutch: bergère
- → Polish: berżera
- → Portuguese: bergère
Further reading
- “bergère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.