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beer
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)
- (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
- (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
- (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
- (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
- (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)
- (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.
- 1870, Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta in Clement Scott, Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes, Robson and Sons, pages 303–304:
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)
- (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)
- bear
Etymology 2
From Dutch beer, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz
Noun
beer (plural bere)
- 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)
- A bear, any member of the family Ursidae
- (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?
- Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he?
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)
- boar (male swine)
- buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building
- A boar-shaped type of battering ram
- 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)
- (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)
- (college slang) debt
- Synonym: schuld
- (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
- 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
- beer
- 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
- 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
- (transitive) to open
- (intransitive) to open
- (chiefly) to pant; to breathe heavily
- (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
- Middle French: baie
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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (beer)
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *baar-
Noun
beer ?
- liver, cultivated field, garden
Annarita Puglielli; Cabdalla Cumar Mansuur (2012) , “beer”, in Qamuuska af-Soomaaliga, ?ISBN, page 101
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mead
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?d, IPA(key): /mi?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
- Homophone: meed
Etymology 1
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *méd?u (“honey; honey wine”).
Noun
mead (usually uncountable, plural meads)
- An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- (US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
Alternative forms
- meath, meathe, meeth (all obsolete)
Derived terms
- mead-bench
- mead cup
- meaded
- meadery
- mead hall
Translations
See also
- bragget (“drink made from ale, honey & spices”)
- ambrosia (noun)
- mead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English m?d. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made.
Noun
mead (plural meads)
- (poetic) A meadow.
- c. 1817, John Keats, Hither, hither, love —:
- Hither, hither, love — / ‘Tis a shady mead — / Hither, hither, love! / Let us feed and feed!
- 1848, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 28:
- Four voices of four hamlets round, / From far and near, on mead and moor, / Swell out and fail, as if a door / Were shut between me and the sound […] .
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:
- 'We must overhaul that mead,' he resumed; 'this mustn't continny!'
- 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath:
- There ran little streams over bright pebbles, dividing meads of green and gardens of many hues, [...].
- c. 1817, John Keats, Hither, hither, love —:
Derived terms
- Temple Meads
- Thamesmead
Anagrams
- ADEM, ADME, Adem, Dame, Edam, MEDA, dame, made
Spanish
Verb
mead
- (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of mear.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English mede, from Old English m?d.
Noun
mead
- meadow
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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