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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bere, from Old English b?or (“beer”), from Proto-West Germanic *beu?, from Proto-Germanic *beuz? (“beer”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor, West Frisian bier, German Low German Beer, Dutch bier, German Bier, Icelandic bjór (“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??(?)/, /b??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??/
• (near–square merger) IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophone: bier

Noun

beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)

1. (uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beer
2. (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
3. (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
4. (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.

5. (countable) A variety of the above beverages.

Derived terms

Pages starting with “beer”.

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: bia
• ? Alabama: biya
• ? Bengali: ?????? (bi?ar)
• ? Burmese: ???? (bhiya)
• ? Chinese: ?? (píji?)
• ? Hausa: biya
• ? Hawaiian: bia
• ? Hindi: ???? (biyar)
• ? Khmer: ??? (bi?)
• ? Maori: pia
• ? Malay: bir
• ? Swahili: bia
• ? Telugu: ???? (b?ru)
• ? Thai: ?????? (biia)
• ? Zulu: ubhiya

Translations

Verb

beer (third-person singular simple present beers, present participle beering, simple past and past participle beered)

1. (informal, transitive) To give beer to (someone)
   • 1870, Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta in Clement Scott, Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes, Robson and Sons, pages 303–304:

     No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us.

   • 2010, Steve Brezenhoff, The Absolute Value of -1, Carolrhoda Lab, page 121:

     “Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?”

   • 2013, Janet E. Cameron, Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World, Hatchette Books Ireland, page 124:

     I heard Patty Marsh yelling, ‘Beer him, Eleanor!’

   • 2013, R. D. Power, Forbidden, page 39:

     “Beer me!” To his astonishment she obeyed his command, appearing a minute later with a glass of beer and a wry smile.

Etymology 2

From Middle English beere, equivalent to be +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bi.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bi?.?/

Noun

beer (plural beers)

1. (nonstandard) One who is or exists.

Alternative forms

• be-er

Related terms

• afterbear
• forebear

Anagrams

• Bree, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r/

Etymology 1

From Dutch beer, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun

beer (plural bere, diminutive beertjie)

1. bear

Etymology 2

From Dutch beer, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz

Noun

beer (plural bere)

1. boar, male swine

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?r/, [b??r]
• Hyphenation: beer
• Rhymes: -e?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch b?re, from Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *ber?, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

1. A bear, any member of the family Ursidae

2. (figuratively) A person who is physically impressive and/or crude

   Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he?

   What a bear of a guy there in front, huh?

Derived terms

• bere-
• berenbijt
• berenklauw
• berenjacht
• berenkuil
• berenleider
• berenmarkt
• berenmuts
• beren op de weg zien
• berentemmer
• berenval
• berin
• brombeer
• dansbeer
• gummybeer
• knuffelbeer
• teddybeer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: beer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bêer, from Old Dutch *b?r, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

1. boar (male swine)

2. buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building
3. A boar-shaped type of battering ram
4. A male badger

Derived terms

• beervarken
• de beer is los
• steunbeer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: beer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch bere, from Old Dutch [Term?], from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *berm? (“yeast”), related to Old English beorma, Albanian burmë.

Noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

1. (now dialectal) liquid, notably human manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize)

Derived terms

• beerkar
• beerput
• beersteker
• beertobbe

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Bär. Cognate to etymology 1.

Noun

beer m (plural beren)

1. (college slang) debt

   Synonym: schuld

2. (college slang) creditor (one to whom one owes debt)

   Synonym: schuldeiser

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Latin

Verb

beer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of be?

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beu?, from Proto-Germanic *beuz?.

Noun

beer n

1. beer
2. any alcoholic drink

Inflection

• The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays, the nominative is used instead.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *b?r, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Noun

bêer m

1. boar, male pig

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: beer
• West Flemish: beir

Further reading

• “beer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “bere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page bere

Old French

Alternative forms

• baer, baher, baier, baer, beier, beyer

Etymology

Medieval Latin bad? (“I am open”).

Verb

beer

1. (transitive) to open
2. (intransitive) to open
3. (chiefly) to pant; to breathe heavily
4. (figuratively) to desire; to lust for

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Derived terms

• bäee, bëee (“opening”)
  • Middle French: baie
    • Middle French: baie
  • ? Middle English: bay
    • English: bay

Descendants

• Middle French: beer
  • French: bayer
• Norman: béguer
• Picard: beyer
• Walloon: bawî

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (beer)

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *baar-

Noun

beer ?

1. liver, cultivated field, garden

Annarita Puglielli; Cabdalla Cumar Mansuur (2012) , “beer”, in Qamuuska af-Soomaaliga, ?ISBN, page 101

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bi?z/, /b??z/
• Rhymes: -??(r)z

Noun

beers

1. plural of beer

Usage notes

Beer is both countable and uncountable; the plural refers to servings of beer. See beer.

Anagrams

• Brees, Erbes, Reebs, brees, reebs