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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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bi?v?/
• (General American) enPR: b??v?r, IPA^(key): /?bi?v?/
• Homophones: beaver, Belvoir, bevor

Etymology 1

From Middle English biveren, beveren (“to tremble”), frequentative form of Old English beofian, bifian (“to tremble, be moved, shake, quake”), from Proto-Germanic *bib?n? (“to quake, shiver”), equivalent to bive +? -er. Cognate with Dutch bibberen (“to shiver, quiver”), Low German beveren (“to shiver”), Dutch beven (“to quake”), German beben (“to quake, tremble”), Swedish bäva (“to quake, tremble”), Icelandic bifa (“to budge, be moved”), Latin foedus (“disgusting, shocking, abominable, heinous”).

Pronunciation

• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /?b?(?)v??/

Verb

bever (third-person singular simple present bevers, present participle bevering, simple past and past participle bevered)

1. (intransitive) To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, page 25:

     Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness.

Derived terms

• bevering

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

Noun

bever (plural bevers)

1. Alternative spelling of bevor
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 8:

     Some close helmets have a farther improvement called a bever, the bever when closed covers the mouth and chin, and either lifts up by revolving on the same pivots as the visor, or lets down by means of two or more pivots on each side near the jaws, in which case the bever consists of several laminæ or plates, one shutting over the other.

Etymology 3

From Middle English bever, from Anglo-Norman bever (modern French boire), from Latin bib?.

Noun

bever (plural bevers)

1. A drink.

   • Bid my subsiser carry my hackney to the buttery, and give him his bever; it is a civil and sober beast, and will drink moderately.

2. (now rare, archaic) A snack or light refreshment between meals.
   • 1604, Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus:

     Thirty meals a day and ten bevers.

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     Very softly I boiled water, made a sandwich from the remains of the luncheon roast chicken, scalded the Twining creature. Then I softly carried my bever to the study on a tray […].

3. A time for drinking.
4. A mixture of cider and water.

Synonyms

• (drink): drink
• (snack): snack

Related terms

• beverage

Verb

bever (third-person singular simple present bevers, present participle bevering, simple past and past participle bevered)

1. (obsolete) To take a light repast between meals.

Etymology 4

Noun

bever (plural bevers)

1. Obsolete form of beaver.

Anagrams

• breve

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch b?ver, from Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?.v?r/
• Hyphenation: be?ver
• Rhymes: -e?v?r

Noun

bever m (plural bevers, diminutive bevertje n)

1. A beaver, rodent of the genus Castor.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bewer

Anagrams

• breve

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +? ver

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?v?r]
• Hyphenation: be?ver
• Rhymes: -?r

Verb

bever

1. (transitive, of one's head) to knock (into something -ba/-be)

2. (transitive, of nails) to drive in (-ba/-be)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• beverés

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin bib?, bibere.

Verb

bever (Latin spelling)

1. to drink

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bevar, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz.

Noun

b?ver m

1. beaver

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: bever
  • Afrikaans: bewer
• Limburgish: baever

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English beofor, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?éb?rus.

Alternative forms

• befer, beofer, bevyr, bevere, bevyre, bewer, bevre, byvre, beever, beauver, beuver

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /?bø?v?r/
• IPA^(key): /?b??v?r/

Noun

bever (plural bevers)

2. A beaver (rodent of the genus Castor).
3. Beaver fur, skin, or pelt, or a similar cloth.

Descendants

• English: beaver
• Scots: bever, baiver
• ? Irish: béabhar

References

• “b?ver, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman bever (modern French boire), from Latin bib?.

Alternative forms

• bevere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??v?r/

Noun

bever (plural bevers)

2. (rare, Late Middle English) beverage

Related terms

• beverage

Descendants

• English: bever

References

• “b?ver, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bever (compare with Dutch bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare with Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).

Noun

bever m (definite singular beveren, indefinite plural bevere or bevre or bevrer, definite plural beverne or bevrene)

1. a beaver (aquatic mammal)

   En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg.

   A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.

2. a beaver's fur

   Kåpen er av bever.

   The coat is made of beaver fur.

3. a 6- to 8-year-old member of the Scouts

References

• “bever” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bever” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Article in Store norske leksikon ("great Norwegian encyclopedia") on beavers.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bever (compare Dutch bever, German German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be???r/

Noun

bever m (definite singular beveren, indefinite plural beverar, definite plural beverane)

1. beaver (aquatic mammal), a roden of the genus Castor, specifically the European beaver, Castor fiber

   Ein bever kan vege opptil 40 kg.

   A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.

2. a beaver's fur

   Kåpa er av bever.

   The coat is made of beaver fur.

3. a 6- to 8-year-old member of the Scouts

Synonyms

• bjor

References

• “bever” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bever” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Article in Store norske leksikon ("great Norwegian encyclopedia") on beavers.

Occitan

Verb

bever

1. Alternative form of beure

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Etymology 1

see beivre

Verb

bever

1. Alternative form of beivre

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bebruz. More at English beaver.

Noun

bever m (oblique plural bevers, nominative singular bevers, nominative plural bever)

1. beaver (mammal)

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bib? (“I drink”), from Proto-Italic *pib?, from Proto-Indo-European *píph?eti.

Cognate with Galician beber, Spanish beber, Catalan beure, Occitan beure, French boire, Italian bere and Romanian bea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.?be?/ (for beber)
• IPA^(key): /be.??e?/ (for bever)

Verb

bever

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Conjugation

Descendants

• Galician: beber
• Portuguese: beber

  Kabuverdianu: bebe

  Papiamentu: bebe, bebi

• Portuguese: beber

  Papiamentu: bebe, bebi

(Papiamentu bebe, bebi came separately from Portuguese beber and Kabuverdianu bebe.)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) baiver
• (Sursilvan) beiber
• (Sutsilvan) beber

Etymology

From Latin bib?, bibere.

Verb

bever

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to drink