beer
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”), from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”). Cognate with West Frisian bier (“beer”), Low German Beer (“beer”), Dutch bier (“beer”), German Bier (“beer”), Icelandic bjór (“beer”), Swedish buska (“freshly brewed beer, new beer”), Middle Dutch & Middle Low German būsen (“to feast, booze, drink heavily”), Middle High German būs (“a swelling”). Non-Germanic cognates include probably Albanian mbush (“to fill, stuff”). More at booze.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bɪə(ɹ)/
- (UK) IPA: /bɪə/, X-SAMPA: /bI@/
- (US) IPA: /bɪɹ/, X-SAMPA: /bIr/
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Noun [edit]
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.
- Beer is brewed all over the world.
- I love beer but I know it is bad for you.
- (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.
- I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.
- Can I buy you a beer?
- I'd like two beers and a glass of white wine.
- (countable) A variety of the above beverages.
- Amstel is one of the most commonly sold beers in Europe.
- I haven't tried this beer before.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:beer
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from beer (noun)
Look at pages starting with beer.
Translations [edit]
alcoholic drink made of malt
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drink made from roots
solution produced by steeping plant materials
glass of beer
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English beere, equivalent to be + -er.
Noun [edit]
beer (plural beers)
- One who is or exists.
- 1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories:
- That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.
- 1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories:
Derived terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Afrikaans [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Dutch beer.
Noun [edit]
beer (plural bere)
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare West Frisian bear, English bear, German Bär, Danish bjørn.
Noun [edit]
beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje)
- bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae)
- (metaphor) 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?
- (student slang) debt, credit
Derived terms [edit]
- berebijt
- beregoed
- bereklauw
- berenkuil
- berenleider
- berenmuts
- berenval
- berin
- ijsberen
- brilbeer
- bruine beer
- grijze beer, grizzlybeer
- honingbeer
- ijsbeer, poolbeer
- neusbeer
- wasbeer
- zwarte beer
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-Germanic *baizaz. Cognate with English boar.
Noun [edit]
beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje)
- boar (male porcine)
- protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
Noun [edit]
beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje)
- manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize)
Verb [edit]
beer
- singular present imperfect form of beren
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
beer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of beō
Limburgish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Related to English beer.
Noun [edit]
beer n
- beer
- any alcoholic drink
Inflection [edit]
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | beer | bere | beerke | beerkes |
| Genitive | beers | bere | beerkes | beerkes |
| Locative | baer | baere | baerke | baerkes |
| Dative¹ | baerem | baerer | baeremske | baeremskes |
| Accusative¹ | beer | berer | beerke | beerkes |
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Vulgar Latin *badō (“I am open”).
Verb [edit]
beer
- (transitive) to open
- (intransitive) to open
- (chiefly) to pant; to breathe heavily
- (figuratively) to desire; to lust for
Conjugation [edit]
- Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of beer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beer | avoir beé, beez | |||||
| gerund | en beant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | beant | ||||||
| past participle | beé, beez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bee | bees | bee | beons | beez, beés | beent |
| imperfect | beoe, beeie, beoie | beoes, beeies, beoies | beot, beeit, beoit | beions, beiions | beiez, beiiez | beoent, beient, beoient | |
| past historic | bea | beas | bea | beames | beastes | beerent | |
| future | beerai | beeras | beera | beerons | beerez, beereiz | beeront | |
| conditional | beeroe, beereie, beeroie | beeroes, beereied, beeroied | beerot, beereie, beeroie | beerions, beeriions | beeriez, beeriiez | beeroent, beereient, beeroient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bee | bees | bee | beons | beez | beent |
| imperfect | beasse | beasses | beast | beissons | beissez, beissiez | beassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | bee | — | beons | beez | — | ||
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English words suffixed with -er
- en:Beer
- en:Zymurgy
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans nouns
- af:Ursids
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch slang
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Ursids
- Latin verb forms
- Limburgish nouns
- li:Alcoholic beverages
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French verbs
- Old French first group verbs
