"bête" meaning in French

See bête in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bɛt/, /bɛːt/ (note: older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada) Audio: Fr-bête.ogg , Qc-bête.ogg Forms: bêtes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, probably partially borrowed from Classical Latin bēstia (“beast”), or less likely from an alternative Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”). Compare biche (probably from Old French bisse, itself from Vulgar Latin bīstia; compare Italian biscia). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|beste|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French beste, {{inh+|fr|frm|beste}} Inherited from Middle French beste, {{inh|fr|fro|beste}} Old French beste, {{der|fr|la|bēstia||beast}} Latin bēstia (“beast”), {{der|fr|VL.|bēsta||animal}} Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”), {{cog|it|biscia}} Italian biscia Head templates: {{fr-adj}} bête (plural bêtes)
  1. (offensive) stupid; inept (not very bright and lacking in judgement) Tags: offensive Synonyms: idiot
    Sense id: en-bête-fr-adj-E0I2tnUP
  2. silly; avoidable (which could have been easily averted)
    Sense id: en-bête-fr-adj-hxKp~bH2
  3. (Canada, informal) grumpy (having a bad character or in a bad mood; showing great displeasure in interacting with people) Tags: Canada, informal Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-bête-fr-adj-XSaiSyUQ Disambiguation of Personality: 7 15 51 27 0 Categories (other): Canadian French, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 3 72 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 5 63 8 0 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 3 71 5 0 1 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: b*t* (english: censored) Related terms: abêtifier, bestial, bestiaire, bestiau, bestiole, bêtement, bêtise, bêtisier

Noun

IPA: /bɛt/, /bɛːt/ (note: older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada) Audio: Fr-bête.ogg , Qc-bête.ogg Forms: bêtes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, probably partially borrowed from Classical Latin bēstia (“beast”), or less likely from an alternative Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”). Compare biche (probably from Old French bisse, itself from Vulgar Latin bīstia; compare Italian biscia). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|beste|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French beste, {{inh+|fr|frm|beste}} Inherited from Middle French beste, {{inh|fr|fro|beste}} Old French beste, {{der|fr|la|bēstia||beast}} Latin bēstia (“beast”), {{der|fr|VL.|bēsta||animal}} Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”), {{cog|it|biscia}} Italian biscia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} bête f (plural bêtes)
  1. beast, animal Tags: feminine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: animal
    Sense id: en-bête-fr-noun-fxlbC0ms Disambiguation of People: 0 0 42 57 0
  2. (derogatory) fool Tags: derogatory, feminine
    Sense id: en-bête-fr-noun-GGefEOUG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: b*t* (english: censored)

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French beste",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "beste"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bēstia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beast"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bēstia (“beast”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "bēsta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "animal"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "biscia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian biscia",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    }
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      "tags": [
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        "(derogatory) fool"
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    },
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      "homophone": "bette"
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      "homophone": "bettes"
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      "english": "censored",
      "word": "b*t*"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "word": "abêtifier"
    },
    {
      "word": "bestial"
    },
    {
      "word": "bestiaire"
    },
    {
      "word": "bestiau"
    },
    {
      "word": "bestiole"
    },
    {
      "word": "bêtement"
    },
    {
      "word": "bêtise"
    },
    {
      "word": "bêtisier"
    }
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          "text": "Or, on ne trouve pas « vraiment beau ! » ce qui vous laisse indifférent, et ce qu’on trouve « vraiment bête ! » , on est bien près d’y renoncer.",
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        }
      ],
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        "stupid; inept (not very bright and lacking in judgement)"
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          "inept",
          "inept"
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        "(offensive) stupid; inept (not very bright and lacking in judgement)"
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        {
          "word": "idiot"
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        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "silly; avoidable (which could have been easily averted)"
      ],
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          "silly"
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          "avoidable",
          "avoidable"
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
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          "ref": "1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 69:",
          "text": "Je dis ça, mais depuis quelques semaines elle est moins bête. Même avec moi",
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        }
      ],
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        "(Canada, informal) grumpy (having a bad character or in a bad mood; showing great displeasure in interacting with people)"
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    },
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      "homophone": "bettes"
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      "ipa": "/bɛːt/",
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      "word": "b*t*"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bête"
}

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