bere

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɪə/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə

Noun[edit]

bere (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Noun[edit]

bere

  1. plural of beer

Bambara[edit]

Noun[edit]

bere

  1. a stick

References[edit]

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /beɾe/, [be̞.ɾe̞]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

bere

  1. genitive plural of bera; their
    Synonym: beren

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

bere

  1. genitive singular of bera; his, her, its

Chichewa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)

  1. breast, teat
  2. part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bere

  1. third-person singular present indicative of brát

Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
Cognate with Albanian pi, literary Armenian ըմպել (əmpel), Hindi पीना (pīnā), and Irish ibh.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bére (first-person singular present bévo, first-person singular past historic bévvi or bevétti or (traditional) bevètti, past participle bevùto, first-person singular imperfect bevévo, first-person singular future berrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of bére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive bére
auxiliary verb avére gerund bevèndo
present participle bevènte past participle bevùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bévo bévi béve beviàmo bevéte bévono
imperfect bevévo bevévi bevéva bevevàmo bevevàte bevévano
past historic bévvi, bevétti, bevètti1 bevésti bévve, bevétte, bevètte1 bevémmo bevéste bévvero, bevéttero, bevèttero1
future berrò berrài berrà berrémo berréte berrànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present berrèi berrésti berrèbbe, berrébbe berrémmo berréste berrèbbero, berrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present béva béva béva beviàmo beviàte bévano
imperfect bevéssi bevéssi bevésse bevéssimo bevéste bevéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bévi béva beviàmo bevéte bévano
negative imperative non bére non béva non beviàmo non bevéte non bévano

1Traditional.

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of bére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive bére
auxiliary verb avére gerund bevèndo
present participle bevènte past participle bevùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bévo bévi, béi1 béve beviàmo bevéte bévono
imperfect bevévo bevévi bevéva bevevàmo bevevàte bevévano
past historic bévvi, bevétti, bevètti2, bevéi3 bevésti bévve, bevétte, bevètte2, bevé3 bevémmo bevéste bévvero, bevéttero, bevèttero2, bevérono3
future berrò, beverò3 berrài, beverài3 berrà, beverà3 berrémo, beverémo3 berréte, beveréte3 berrànno, beverànno3
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present berrèi, beverèi3 berrésti, beverésti3 berrèbbe, berrébbe, beverèbbe3, beverébbe3 berrémmo, beverémmo3 berréste, beveréste3 berrèbbero, berrébbero, beverèbbero3, beverébbero3
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present béva béva béva beviàmo beviàte bévano
imperfect bevéssi bevéssi bevésse bevéssimo bevéste bevéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bévi, béi1 béva beviàmo bevéte bévano
negative imperative non bére non béva non beviàmo non bevéte non bévano

1Archaic or popular Tuscan.
2Traditional.
3Rare.

Related terms[edit]

Related terms

Further reading[edit]

  • bere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bēre

  1. vocative masculine singular of bērus

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun[edit]

bēre m

  1. bear
Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]
  • Dutch: beer
    • Afrikaans: beer
    • → Papiamentu: ber, beer
  • Limburgish: baer
  • West Flemish: beir
  • Zealandic: beêr

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Dutch *beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Noun[edit]

bēre f

  1. berry
Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bere (plural beres)

  1. bear
Descendants[edit]
  • English: bear (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: beir

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Old Norse berja (“to strike”).

Verb[edit]

bere

  1. (transitive) To pierce.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb[edit]

bere (present tense ber, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive berast, present participle berande, imperative ber)

  1. to carry, bear
    Kor lang skal eg bere dette?
    How far shall I carry this?
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse bera.

Noun[edit]

bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)

  1. a female bear, she-bear
    Synonyms: binne, hobjørn
    Inne mellom trea kunne dei skimta ei bere.
    Between the trees, they could discern a she-bear.
Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.

Noun[edit]

bere m

  1. barley
Declension[edit]
Declension of bere (strong ja-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bere beras
accusative bere beras
genitive beres bera
dative bere berum
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

bere

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from German Bier. Influenced by the word below, meaning "action of drinking".

Noun[edit]

bere f (plural beri)

  1. beer
    Vrem trei beri, te rog.
    We want three beers, please.
Declension[edit]
Declension of bere
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) bere berea (niște) beri berile
genitive/dative (unei) beri berii (unor) beri berilor
vocative bere, bereo berilor
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From bea (“to drink”) +‎ -re.

Noun[edit]

bere f (uncountable)

  1. (rare) (the act of) drinking
Declension[edit]
declension of bere (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) bere berea
genitive/dative (unei) beri berii
vocative bere, bereo

Saterland Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian bera, from Proto-West Germanic *beran. Cognates include West Frisian barre and English bear.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bere

  1. (transitive) to bear; to give birth to
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:
      Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.
      Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bere (irregular)
Grúundfoarme bere
Infinitive tou beren
Present tense Past tense
iek bere wie bere iek búur wie búren
du beerst jie bere du búurst jie búren
hie/ju/dät beert jo bere hie/ju/dät búur jo búren
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
berend Singular bere häbe bädden
Plural beret

References[edit]

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “bere”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English bere.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bere (uncountable)

  1. barley, especially six-rowed barley

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English belly.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bere

  1. belly, stomach
  2. womb

Derived terms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French béret.

Noun[edit]

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

  1. beret

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Turkic bertmek (to wound, to injure).

Noun[edit]

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

  1. wound, injury

Venda[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd.

Noun[edit]

bere (plural dzibere)

  1. horse
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