Middle French

Alternative forms

• ivre

Adjective

yvre m, f ‎(plural yvres)

1. drunk (intoxicated due to alcohol)

Descendants

• French: ivre

Old French

Alternative forms

• ivre

Etymology

From Latin ēbrius, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- ‎(“drink”).

Adjective

yvre m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular yvre)

1. drunk (intoxicated due to alcohol)
2. (figuratively) intoxicated (with love or emotion)

Descendants

• French: ivre