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berce f (plural berces)

1. hogweed, any plant of the genus Heracleum

berce

1. inflection of bercer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• berzo

Attested since 1697. Ultimately from *bertium, probably from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).^[1][2]

Cognate with Portuguese berço and French berceau; compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɾθe̝/, (western) /ˈbɛɾse̝/

berce m (plural berces)

1. cradle, crib

   Synonym: rolo

   • 1697, Juan Antonio Torrado, Fala o corvo, escoiten todos:

     Este lugar non foi berzo
     Na sua idade mais tenra?
     Non lle debeu à crianza,
     Todo ò seu ser, è à sabenza?

     Was not this place his crib
     during his most tender age?
     Doesn't he owe it his upbringing,
     his whole being and his knowledge?

   • 1707, Salvador F. Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Deceme miña comadre
     o Berse, de que madeyra
     serà, para o noso Infante?

     Tell me, sister,
     The crib, of which wood
     Will it be for our Prince?

2. (figurative) origin

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “berce”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berce”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

bèrcê (comparative lebih berce, superlative paling berce)

1. (slang) mired

bèrcê (uncountable)

1. (slang) feces, excrement
2. (slang) motion, movement

berce

1. inflection of berçar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative