bears

See also: Bears

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɛɹz/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɛəz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /beːz/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /beəz/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /biəz/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /beɹz/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /bɜː(ɹ)z/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
• Homophones: bares, beers (cheer–chair merger), burrs (fair–fur merger)

Noun

bears

1. plural of bear

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Verb

bears

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bear

Anagrams

• BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, Saber, bares, barse, baser, besra, braes, rabes, saber, sabre

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ͜ɑrs/, [bæ͜ɑrˠs]

Noun

bears m

1. alternative form of bærs

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪə̯s/

Noun

bears c (plural bearzen, diminutive bearske)

1. bass, perch (fish)

Further reading

• “bears”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011