bestialité (-tia-), n.f., bestiality.
bestiasse (-tias), n.f., dolt, simpleton, ass.
bestiaux (-tiô), n.m. (plural of bétail), cattle.
bestiole (-tiol), n.f., (l.u.) little animal; poor fool.
bêta, n.m., bêtasse, n.f., blockhead, simpleton, fool. C’est un gros —; he is a stupid fellow.
*bétail, n.m., (bestiaux) cattle. Gros —; horned cattle. Menu —; small cattle.
bête, n.f., beast, brute, dumb creature, beast; fool, blockhead, stupid creature, fool; beast (game at cards). — à laine; sheep. — à cornes; horned beast. — de somme; beast of burden. — brute; brute beast. — de la Vierge; ladybird. Une bonne —; a good-natured fool. C’est une maligne —; he is a spiteful animal. C’est ma — noire; he, she, it, is my pet aversion. Faire la —; to play the fool, to stand in one’s own light. Remonter sur sa —; to get on one’s legs again. Morte la —, mort le venin; dead men tell no tales.
bête, adj., silly, stupid, foolish, nonsensical. Il est — à manger du foin; he is a perfect idiot. Pas si —; not such a fool, not so green?
bétel, n.m., (bot.) betel.
bêtement (-mān), adv., like a fool, foolishly, stupidly.