bier

See also Bier

English

WOTD – 28 January 2010    

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr, from Proto-Germanic *bērō (East Frisian beere, Dutch baar, German Bahre), from *beraną (“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

• Dutch: baar (nl) f, lijkbaar (nl) f
• Finnish: ruumispaarit (fi) pl
• French: civière (fr)
• German: Bahre (de) f
• Italian: barella (it)

• Polish: mary (pl)
• Russian: похоронные носилки (ru) (nosilki)
• 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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch *bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”). Compare West Frisian bier, German Bier, Low German Beer, bêr, English beer, Icelandic bjór.

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 (plural biern)

1. berry