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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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rootbeer
English
Noun
rootbeer (countable and uncountable, plural rootbeers)
- Alternative spelling of root beer
- 2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, pg. 26
- I just keep staring at all the ink we have, that wild variety of color, everything from rootbeer, midnight blue and cochineal to mauve, light doe, lilac, south sea green, maize, even pelican black, all line up in these plastic caps […]
- 2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, pg. 26
Anagrams
- rebooter, roboteer
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