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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

English

Etymology

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separ?re (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + par?re (“provide, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?v.?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Verb

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

   • The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

   • 1999, Eminem, Role Model

     That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

   • The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
4. (law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.

Synonyms

• becut
• cut off

Derived terms

• severable
• severally

Related terms

• separate

Translations

Further reading

• sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sev?rus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /s??ve/

• (Central) IPA^(key): /s??be/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se?ve?/

Adjective

sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

1. strict, severe

Derived terms

• severament

Related terms

• severitat

Further reading

• “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sever” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?v?r]

Noun

sever m

1. north

Declension

Antonyms

• jih

Derived terms

• severní
• Severka
• severák
• seve?an
• severovýchod
• severozápad

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Further reading

• sever in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Interlingua

Adjective

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

1. severe

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *s?far, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Noun

sêver n

1. drool, saliva

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêveren

Descendants

• Dutch: zever
• Limburgish: zeiver

Further reading

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

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?fer/, [?s??fer]
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /?se?wer/, [?s??wer]

Noun

s?ver m

1. Alternative form of s?ver

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28

Romanian

Etymology

From French sévère, from Latin severus.

Adjective

sever m or n (feminine singular sever?, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

1. strict

Declension

Related terms

• severitate

Further reading

• sever in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sj?ver
• (Ekavian): ??ver

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sê?er/
• Hyphenation: se?ver

Noun

s?ver m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (uncountable) north

Declension

Antonyms

• (south): jug

Related terms

• severni

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sever]

Noun

sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

1. North

Derived terms

• severák
• Severan
• severne
• severný
• severovýchod
• severozápad

Further reading

• sever in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sè???r/

Noun

s??ver m inan

1. north

Inflection

Derived terms

• séveren

Further reading

• “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Verb

sever

1. third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sevmek

Antonyms

• sevmez

See also

• sever sevmez