Etymology

bistre

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Today it means: A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood. Full definition →

French bistre
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  1. French · borrowed frombistre
  2. French · borrowed frombistre
  3. English todaybistre

Borrowed from French bistre.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.