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bière

beer

noun BYEHR Less Common
Food & Drink Drinks

Usage Note

Bière is the standard word for beer in all French-speaking regions. A bière pression is draft beer, while une bière en bouteille is bottled beer. The phrase c'est de la petite bière ('that's small beer') is an idiom meaning something is trivial or unimportant — directly parallel to the English expression.

Examples

"Il commande une bière fraîche au bar."

Natural Translation

He orders a cold beer at the bar.

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