bier

See also Bier

English

WOTD - 28 January 2010    

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Etymology

From Middle English bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr, from Proto-Germanic *bērō (cf. East Frisian beere, Dutch baar, German Bahre), from *ƀeranan 'to bear'. More at bear.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɪə/
• (US) IPA: /bɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Noun

bier (plural biers)

1. a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act IV scene 5

     They bore him bare-faced on the bier

2. a platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Translations

litter to transport the corpse of a dead person

Finnish: ruumispaarit (fi) pl. French: civière (fr) German: Bahre (de) f. Italian: barella (it)

Polish: mary (pl) Russian: похоронные носилки (ru) Scottish Gaelic: giùlan (gd) m. Spanish: camilla (es), parihuelas (es), anguarilla (es)

platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed

Finnish: katafalkki (fi) French: catafalque (fr), lit mortuaire (fr) Hungarian: ravatal (hu)

Italian: catafalco (it) Polish: katafalk (pl) Spanish: catafalco (es)

Anagrams

• brie

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Danish

Noun

bier c.

1. plural indefinite of bi

Verb

bier

1. present of bie

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːr/

• bier

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Noun

bier n. (plural bieren, diminutive biertje)

1. beer

   Het is hier nu vooral feest en bier drinken.

   Here it's mostly partying and drinking beer.

Synonyms

• gerstenat

Anagrams

• brei

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Vilamovian

Noun

bier

1. berry