becher

See also: Becher, bécher, and bêcher

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish בעכער (bekher, “goblet”). Doublet of beaker and pitcher.

Noun

becher

1. A kiddush cup

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

becher

1. inflection of bechern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From English or German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ker/

Noun

becher m (invariable)

1. (chemistry) beaker

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• bechier

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Becherbor.

Kashubian becher

Borrowed from German Becher (“beaker”). Compare Silesian becher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.xɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛxɛr
• Syllabification: be‧cher

Noun

becher m inan (diminutive bacherk)

1. chalice

   Synonyms: czelëch, bôlka, czasza, (archaic) kùmka

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “bechier”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “czasza”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “becher”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”).

Noun

becher m (plural becheri)

1. bachelor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	becher	becherul	becheri	becherii
genitive-dative	becher	becherului	becheri	becherilor
vocative	becherule		becherilor

Silesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Becherbor.

Silesian becher

Borrowed from German Becher (“beaker”). Compare Kashubian becher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.xɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛxɛr
• Syllabification: be‧cher

Noun

becher m inan

1. goblet (drinking vessel with a foot and stem)
   • 2018, Waldemar Szymczyk, editor, 9292‎^[2], →ISBN, archived from the original on 12 November 2022, page 80:

     I ledwo to wypedzioł, w lufcie ukozały sie dwa bechery z dobrom gorzołom.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (sports) cup (trophy in the shape of an oversized cup)
3. (sports) cup (contest for which a cup is awarded)