Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 6702 6925477 2009-07-03T16:44:47Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:es:bear]] {{wikipedia|dab=Bear (disambiguation)|Bear}} ==English== {{rank|length|play|remained|582|bear|service|various|u}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/bɛə/}}, {{SAMPA|/bE@/}} * {{a|US}} {{IPA|/bɛɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/bE@r/}} * {{audio|en-us-bear.ogg|Audio (US)}} * Homophones: [[bare]] ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|bere|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|bera|lang=ang}}; related to Old English {{term|brun||brown|lang=ang}} ====Noun==== [[Image:Ours brun parcanimalierpyrenees 1.jpg|thumb|A bear]] {{en-noun}} # A large [[omnivorous]] mammal, related to the dog and [[raccoon]], having [[shaggy]] hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family [[Ursidae]], particularly of subfamily ''[[Ursinae]]''. # {{informal}} An animal that resembles a bear, such as a [[koala bear|koala]] or [[ant bear]]. # {{finance}} An [[investor]] who sells [[commodities]], [[securities]]{{,}} or [[futures]] in anticipation of a fall in prices. #: '''''Bears''' look for over-priced securities to sell short.'' # {{informal}} A difficult situation or problem. # {{slang}} A [[large]] [[hairy]] [[man]], especially one who is [[gay]]. {{rfex}} =====Antonyms===== * {{sense|investor who anticipates falling prices}} [[bull]] =====Derived terms===== {{rel-top4|Derived terms}} * [[ant bear]] * [[Atlas bear]] * [[bear cat]]/[[bearcat]] * [[bear claw]] * [[bear cub]] * [[bear grass]] * [[bear hug]] * [[bear market]] * [[bearish]] * [[bear pit]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[bear's breech]] * [[bear spread]] * [[beartrap]]/[[bear trap]] * [[bear walker]] * [[black bear]] * [[brown bear]] * [[cat bear]] * [[cave bear]] * [[dancing bear]] * [[does a bear shit in the woods]] * [[Etruscan bear]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Gobi bear]] * [[Great Bear]] * [[grizzly bear]] * [[gummy bear]] * [[honey bear]] * [[koala bear]] * [[kodiak bear]]/[[Kodiak bear]] * [[Little Bear]] * [[loaded for bear]] * [[moon bear]] * [[native bear]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[panda bear]] * [[polar bear]] * [[she-bear]] * [[sloth bear]] * [[spectacled bear]] * [[sun bear]] * [[teddy bear]] * [[washing bear]] * [[water bear]] * [[white bear]] * [[wooly bear]]/[[woolly bear]] {{rel-bottom}} =====See also===== * [[Appendix: Animals]] * [[Appendix: Collective nouns]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|large mammal of family Ursidae}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[beer]] * Albanian: {{t+|sq|ari|m|xs=Albanian}}, {{t+|sq|ariu|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t-|ar|دب|tr=dubb|sc=Arab}} * [[Aragonese]]: [[onso]] {{m}} * Aramaic: *: Syriac: [[ܕܒܐ]] (debā, debo) {{c}} *: Hebrew: [[דבא]] (debā, debo) {{c}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|արջ|tr=arǰ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|ayı|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: [[hartz]] * Belarusian: [[мядзведзь]] * Bosnian: [[medvjed]] {{m}}, [[medvjedica]] {{f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|arzh|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|мечок|m|tr=mečok|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|мечка|f|tr=mečka|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[ós]] {{m}} * Cherokee: [[ᏲᏅ]] (yonv) * Chinese: [[魋]], [[熊]] (xióng) * [[Chumash]]: [[xus]] * [[Cree]]: [[ᒪᔉᐗ]] (maskwa) * [[Crimean Tatar]]: [[ayuv]] * Croatian: {{t-|hr|medvjed|m}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|medvěd|m}} * Danish: {{t+|da|bjørn}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|beer|m}}, {{t+|nl|berin|f}} * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|urso|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|karu}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|bjørn|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: [[karhu]], [[otso]] {{i|poetic}}, [[mesikämmen]] {{i|poetic}} * French: {{t+|fr|ours|m}} * [[Friulian]]: [[ors]] * [[Galician]]: [[oso]] * Georgian: {{t-|ka|დათვი|tr=dat'vi|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Bär|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|αρκούδα|f|sc=Grek}} (arkoúda) ** Ancient Greek: [[άρκτος]] (arktos) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[דוב]] (dov) {{m}} * Hindi: [[भालो]] (bhaalo) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|medve}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|björn}} * Indonesian: {{t+|id|beruang|xs=Indonesian}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[urso]] * [[Inuktitut]]: [[ᐊᑎᖅᐳᖅ]] (atiqpuq) * Irish: [[béar donn]] * Italian: {{t+|it|orso|m}} * Japanese: [[熊]] ([[くま]], kuma) * Korean: [[곰]] (gom) {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: *: [[Kurmanji]]: {{t|ku|hirç}} *: [[Sorani]]: {{t|ku|ورچ|tr=wirç|sc=ku-Arab}} * [[Ladin]]: [[lors]] * Latin: {{t+|la|ursus|m}}, {{t-|la|ursa|f}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|lācis|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: [[lokys]], [[meškà]] * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|мечка|tr=méčka|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Malay: {{t-|ms|beruang|xs=Malay}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|ors|m|xs=Maltese}}, {{t-|mt|debb|xs=Maltese}} * Mongolian: {{t-|mn|баавгай|tr=baavgai|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}} * Navajo: [[shash]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|bjørn|m}} * [[Novial]]: [[urse]] * [[Occitan]]: [[ors]] * [[Ojibwe]]: [[ᒪᒃᐗ]] (makwa) * [[Ossetian]]: {{tø|os|арс|tr=ars|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ossetian}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|خرس|tr=khers|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * Polish: [[niedźwiedź]] {{m}}, [[niedźwiedzica]] {{f}}, [[miś]] {{m}} {{i|diminutive}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|urso}} * [[Punjabi]]: [[ਰਿਛ]] (rich) * [[Romani]]: [[rish]] {{m}}, [[rishni]] {{f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|urs}} * [[Romansch]]: [[urs]] * Russian: [[медведь]] (medvéd’) {{m}} * [[Sami]]: [[guovža]] * [[Sardinian]]: [[ursu]], [[ùssulu]] * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[mathan]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[медвед]] {{m}}, [[медведица]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[medved]] {{m}}, [[medvedica]] {{f}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|medveď|m}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|medved|m}}, {{t+|sl|medvedka|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|oso|m}} * Swahili: [[dubu]] {{i|nc 5/6}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|björn|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[oso]] * [[Taos]]: [[kə́ona]] * [[Telugu]]: [[ఎలుగుబంటి]] (elugubaMTi), [[ఎలుగ్గొడ్డు]] (eluggoDDu), [[ఎలుగు]] (elugu) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|ayı}} * Ukrainian: [[ведмідь]] (vedmid’) * Vietnamese: {{t|vi|gấu|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: [[ber]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|arth|m|f|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: {{t+|fy|bear|xs=West Frisian}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|animal resembling a bear}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мечка|f|tr=mečka|sc=Cyrl}} {{i|for panda or koala but not for sloth}} * [[Crimean Tatar]]: [[ayuv]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|beer|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|karhu}} * German: {{t+|de|Bär|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|мечка|tr=méčka|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Russian: [[медведь]] (medved’) {{m}}, [[мишка]] (míška) {{m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|björn|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|investor who anticipates falling prices}} * Finnish: ''no equivalent'' * French: {{t+|fr|baissier|m}} * German: [[Baissier]] {{m}}, [[Baissespekulant]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|медведь|m|tr=medved'|sc=Cyrl}} * Swedish: [[baissespekulant]] {{c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|difficult problem}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|monster|n}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|pähkinä}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|ours|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|large hairy man}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|beer|m}} * Japanese: [[熊]] ([[くま]], kuma) {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|matulão|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|björn|c}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Adjective==== {{en-adj}} # {{finance|investments}} Characterized by or believing to [[benefit]] of [[decline|declining]] prices in [[securities]] [[markets]]. #: ''The great '''bear''' market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.'' ===Etymology 2=== From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|beren||carry, bring forth|lang=enm}}. The {{etyl|ang}} root {{term|beran|lang=ang}} is related to Old High German {{term|beran||carry|lang=goh}}, Gothic {{term|𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽|tr=baíran|lang=got}}, Latin {{term|ferre|lang=la}}, and Ancient Greek {{term|φέρειν|tr=pherein|lang=grc}}. These derive from the {{proto|Indo-European|bʰer-}}. ====Verb==== {{en-verb|bears|bearing|'''[[bore]]''', or {{archaic}} '''[[bare]]'''|'''[[born]]''', '''[[borne]]''', or {{archaic}} '''[[yborn]]'''}} # {{transitive}} To [[carry]] something. #* '''2005''', [[w:Plato|Plato]], ''Sophist''. Translation by Lesley Brown. [[w:Stephanus pagination|234b]]. #*: imitations that '''bear''' the same name as the things #* {{quote-book|1852|Mrs M.A. Thompson|chapter=The Tutor's Daughter|Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion|page=266|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hdcRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA266 |passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly '''bore''' me along the well-remembered road.}} # {{transitive}} To be [[equip]]ped with something. #: ''the right to '''bear''' arms'' # {{context|transitive|with ''[[witness]]''}} To [[declare]] as [[testimony]]. #: ''The jury could see he was '''bearing''' false '''witness'''.'' # {{transitive}} To [[put up with]] something. # {{transitive}} To [[give birth]] to someone or something. #: ''In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, '''bearing''' him several children, all of whom die in infancy.'' # {{transitive}} To [[produce]] or [[yield]] something, such as fruit or crops. # {{intransitive}} To be - or [[head]] - in a [[specific]] [[direction]] from the [[observer]]’s [[position]]. #: ''The harbour '''bears''' North by Northeast.'' =====Derived terms===== {{rel-top3|Derived terms}} * [[bear down]] * [[bear down on]] * [[bear fruit]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[bear in mind]] * [[bear one's teeth]] * [[bear out]] * [[bear up]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[bear with]] <!--as in “bear with me”--> * [[bear witness]] * [[not bear thinking about]] {{rel-bottom}} =====Translations===== {{trans-top|carry}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|нося|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[portar]] * Czech: {{t+|cs|nést}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|dragen}}, {{t|nl|torsen}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kantaa}} * French: {{t+|fr|porter}} * German: {{t+|de|tragen}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|לסחוב|tr=liskhov|sc=Hebr}} * Italian: {{t+|it|portare}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|bære}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|nosić}} * Portuguese: [[portar]], [[levar]], [[carregar]] * Russian: [[носить]] (nosít’), [[нести]] (nestí) * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[beir]], [[giùlain]] * Slovak: [[nosiť]], [[niesť]] * Slovene: {{t-|sl|nositi}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|llevar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|bära}} * Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|носити|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}, {{t-|uk|нести|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|be equipped with}} * Bulgarian: [[нося]] * Czech: [[nosit]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|dragen}}, {{t-|nl|uitgerust}} {{t+|nl|zijn}} {{t+|nl|met}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kantaa}} * German: {{t+|de|tragen}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|לסחוב|tr=liskhov|sc=Hebr}} * Italian: {{t+|it|portare}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|bære}}, {{t+|no|føre}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|nosić}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|portar}} * Russian: [[носить]] (nosít’) * Slovene: {{t-|sl|nositi}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|llevar}}, {{t-|es|portar}} * Swedish: [[bära]], [[inneha]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|declare}} * Bulgarian: [[свидетелствам]] {{italbrac|bear testimony, testify}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|afleggen}} * Finnish: [[todistaa]] {{italbrac|bear testimony}}, [[antaa]] [[todistus]] {{italbrac|bear testimony}} * German: [[aussagen]]; [[bezeugen]] {{italbrac|bear witness}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|להכריז|tr=leakhriz|sc=Hebr}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|føre}} * Polish: [[zeznawać]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|atestiguar}} * Swedish: [[vittna]] {{italbrac|bear testimony}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|put up with}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|احتمل|tr=iHtamala|sc=Arab}} * [[Catalan]]: [[suportar]] * Chinese: {{t|cmn|忍受|tr=rěnshòu|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|verdragen}}, {{t+|nl|ondergaan}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sietää}} * French: {{t+|fr|supporter}}, {{t+|fr|tolérer}} * German: [[ertragen]], {{italbrac-colon|only negative}} [[ausstehen]], [[leiden]] * Hebrew: {{t+|he|להעלות נושא|tr=leaalot nose|sc=Hebr}} * Italian: {{t+|it|sopportare}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|耐え忍ぶ|tr=taeshinobu|sc=Jpan}} * Norwegian: [[tåle]] * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suportar}}, {{t+|pt|aguentar}} * Russian: {{t|ru|выносить|tr=vynosít’|sc=Cyrl}} {{impf}}, {{t+|ru|вынести|tr=výnesti|sc=Cyrl}} {{pf}}, {{t|ru|терпеть|tr=terpet'|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[fuiling]], [[fulaing]] * Slovene: [[prenašati]] * Spanish: {{t-|es|soportar}}, {{t+|es|aguantar}}, {{t-|es|resistir}} * Swedish: [[tåla]], [[uthärda]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|give birth to}} * Albanian: {{t-|sq|lind|xs=Albanian}} * [[Breton]]: [[genel]] * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|раждам|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[parir]] * Croatian: {{t-|hr|roditi}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|rodit}}, {{t-|cs|porodit}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|baren}} * Esperanto: [[naskigi]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|synnyttää}} * German: {{t+|de|gebären}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|להוליד|tr=leolid|sc=Hebr}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szül}} {{trans-mid}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|beir|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|partorire}} * Japanese: [[生む]], [[産む]] (both [[うむ]]) * Norwegian: [[bære]] [[fram]], [[føde]] * Old English: {{t-|ang|cennan|xs=Old English}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|urodzić}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|parir}}, {{t+|pt|dar à luz}} * Russian: [[рожать]]/[[родить]] (rožát’/rodít’) * Slovak: [[porodiť]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|parir}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|föda}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|produce}} * Bulgarian: [[раждам]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|dragen}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuottaa}}, {{t+|fi|kantaa}} * German: [[tragen]], [[erbringen]] * Hebrew: {{t+|he|להציג|tr=leatsig|sc=Hebr}} {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[به‌رگرتن]]}} * Norwegian: [[bære]] [[fram]] * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|criar}} * Russian: [[рождать]]/[[родить]] (roždát’/rodít’) * Swedish: [[bära]], [[frambringa]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|be in a specific direction}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|gelegen}} {{t+|nl|zijn}} * Finnish: [[sijaita]], [[olla]] [[jokin|johonkin]] [[suunta]]an * German: {{t+|de|liegen}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: [[bære]] [[mot]] * Russian: [[направляться]]/[[направиться]] (napravlját’s’a/naprávit’s’a) {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[tunjuk|menunjukkan]], [[bawa|membawa]], [[saksi|bersaksi]], [[beri|memberikan]] [[saksi|kesaksian]] * {{ttbc|Latin}}: [[ferre]] * {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[lahir|melahirkan]], [[buah|membuahkan]] (2), [[hasil|menghasilkan]] (2) {{trans-bottom}} ====Anagrams==== * [[aber]] * [[abre]] * [[baer]] * [[bare]] * [[båre]] * [[bera]] * [[brae]] * [[brea]] * [[earb]] * [[erba]] * [[Rabe]] [[Category:English irregular verbs]] [[Category:English words with multiple etymologies]] [[Category:Mammals]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c|plural|[[bears]]}} # [[#English|bear]] [[Category:fy:Mammals]] [[ang:bear]] [[ar:bear]] [[az:bear]] [[zh-min-nan:bear]] [[bg:bear]] [[ca:bear]] [[de:bear]] [[et:bear]] [[el:bear]] [[es:bear]] [[fa:bear]] [[fr:bear]] [[fy:bear]] [[gl:bear]] [[ko:bear]] [[hy:bear]] [[hi:bear]] [[io:bear]] [[it:bear]] [[kk:bear]] [[ku:bear]] [[lo:bear]] [[la:bear]] [[lt:bear]] [[hu:bear]] [[nl:bear]] [[ja:bear]] [[oc:bear]] [[pl:bear]] [[pt:bear]] [[ro:bear]] [[ru:bear]] [[simple:bear]] [[sr:bear]] [[fi:bear]] [[sv:bear]] [[ta:bear]] [[te:bear]] [[th:bear]] [[tr:bear]] [[uk:bear]] [[ug:bear]] [[vi:bear]] [[zh:bear]]