Noun: berce
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | berce |
| Plural m | berces |
Sample Sentences
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Este lugar non foi berzo
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Na sua idade mais tenra?
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Non lle debeu à crianza,
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Todo ò seu ser, è à sabenza? (Was not this place his crib
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during his most tender age?
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Doesn't he owe it his upbringing,
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his whole being and his knowledge?) [1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo, escoiten todos:]
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Deceme miña comadre
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o Berse, de que madeyra
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serà, para o noso Infante? (Tell me, sister,
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The crib, of which wood
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Will it be for our Prince?) [1707, Salvador F. Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:]
Nouns inflected like berce
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Attested since 1697. Ultimately from *bertium, probably from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
2. Cognate with Portuguese berço and French berceau; compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). See: Portuguese Nouns '
berço', French Nouns '
berceau'.
Verbs referencing "berce"
French Nouns
berceau.
Translations