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English

Etymology

From French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.e?/, /?be?.e?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b???e?/
• Rhymes: -?re?, -e?

Noun

beret (plural berets)

1. A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Hyponyms

• caubeen

Derived terms

• Green Beret

Translations

See also

• beret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• B-tree, Ebert

Polish

Etymology

From French béret, from Occitan berret (“cap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.r?t/

Noun

beret m inan (diminutive berecik)

1. beret (headwear)

Declension

Derived terms

• jaja jak berety
• moherowy beret

Further reading

• beret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

beret n (plural berete)

1. Alternative form of beret?

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• bear

Etymology

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian ???????/br?šno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek ????? (Ph?ron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Noun

bere (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.

Translations

Anagrams

• Beer, Bree, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, be-er, beer, bree, eber, reeb

Afrikaans

Noun

bere

1. plural of beer

Basque

Pronoun

bere

1. his, her, its

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??é.?e/

Noun

bére 5 (plural ma?ére 6)

1. breast, teat
2. part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bere

1. third-person singular present indicative of brát

Italian

Alternative forms

• bevere (obsolete or vernacular)

Etymology

From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bib?, from Proto-Italic *pib?, from Proto-Indo-European *píph?eti.
Cognate with Albanian pi, literary Armenian ????? (?mpel), Hindi ???? (p?n?), and Irish ibh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be.re/
• Hyphenation: bé?re
• Rhymes: -ere

Verb

bére (first-person singular present bévo, first-person singular past historic bévvi or bevétti or (rare) bevéi, past participle bevùto, first-person singular imperfect bevévo, first-person singular future berrò or (rare) beverò, auxiliary avere)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink

Conjugation

Related terms

Anagrams

• erbe, rebe

References

• bere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

b?re

1. vocative masculine singular of b?rus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

b?re m

1. bear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: beer
  • Afrikaans: beer
• Limburgish: baer
• West Flemish: beir

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *beri, from Proto-West Germanic *ba?i, from Proto-Germanic *bazj?.

Noun

b?re f

1. berry

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• West Flemish: beier

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *ber?, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Alternative forms

• beare, beore, bore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r(?)/

Noun

bere (plural beres)

1. bear

Descendants

• English: bear
  • ? Irish: béar
• Scots: beir

References

• “b?r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Compare Old Norse berja (“to strike”).

Verb

bere

1. (transitive) To pierce.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²be?r?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bera.

Alternative forms

• bera (infinitive)

Verb

bere (present tense ber, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive berast, present participle berande, imperative ber)

1. to carry, bear

   Kor langt skal eg bere dette?

   How far shall I carry this?

Derived terms

• berar
• berbar

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bera.

Noun

bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)

1. a female bear, she-bear

Synonyms

• (female bear): binne
• (female bear): hobjørn

References

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be.re/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.

Noun

bere m

1. barley

Declension

Derived terms

• bærl??

Descendants

• Middle English: bere
  • English: bere
  • Scots: bere, beir

Etymology 2

Verb

bere

1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be.re/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bier. Influenced by the word below, meaning "action of drinking".

Noun

bere f (plural beri)

1. beer

Declension

Etymology 2

bea (“to drink”) +? -re

Noun

bere f (uncountable)

1. (rare) (the act of) drinking

Declension

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Noun

bere (uncountable)

1. barley, especially six-rowed barley

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English belly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be.re/

Noun

bere

1. belly, stomach
2. womb

Derived terms

• angribere
• berebanti
• bereman
• ondrobere
• taibere

Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French béret.

Noun

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

1. beret

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic bertmek? (bertmek) (to wound, to injure).

Noun

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

1. wound, injury

Venda

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd.

Noun

bere

1. horse