bere

See also: bére

English

Alternative forms

• bear

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/

Noun

bere (uncountable)

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

Translations

six-rowed barley

• French: escourgeon (fr) m
• German: Frühgerste, Futtergerste (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: eorna bheag f
• Walloon: scweron (wa) m

Anagrams

• Beer, Bree, Eber, Reeb, be-er, beer, bree, eber, reeb

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Afrikaans

Noun

bere

1. plural of beer

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Basque

Pronoun

bere

1. his, her, its

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Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓé.ɽe/

Noun

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛ
• Hyphenation: be‧re

Verb

1. third-person singular present indicative of brát

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Interlingue

Noun

1. berry

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Italian

Alternative forms

• bevere (archaic)

Etymology

From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/, [ˈbeːr̺e]

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• Hyphenation: bé‧re

Verb

bere

1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink

Related terms

Related terms

• abbeverare
• bersi
• bevanda
• beveraggio
• beverino

• bevibile
• bevicchiare
• bevitore
• bevuto
• imbevere

Anagrams

• erbe

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) bēre

1. vocative masculine singular of bērus

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bēre m

1. bear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: beer
• Limburgish: baer
• West Flemish: beir

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bēre f

1. berry

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• West Flemish: beier

Further reading

• “bere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bere (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bere (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page V

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛːr(ə)/

Noun

bere (plural beres)

1. bear

Descendants

• English: bear

Etymology 2

Compare Old Icelandic berja, "to strike".

Verb

bere

1. (transitive) To pierce.

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²beːrə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bera.

Alternative forms

• bera (infinitive)

Verb

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

1. to carry, bear

   Kor langt skal eg bere dette?

   How far shall I carry this?

Derived terms

• berar
• berbar

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bera.

Noun

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

1. a female bear, she-bear

   Inne mellom trea kunne dei skimta ei bere.

   Between the trees, they could discern a she-bear.

Synonyms

• (female bear): binne
• (female bear): hobjørn

References

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bere m

1. barley

Declension

Declension of bere (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bere	beras
accusative	bere	beras
genitive	beres	bera
dative	bere	berum

Derived terms

• bærlīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: bere
  • English: bere
  • Scots: bere, beir

Etymology 2

Verb

bere

1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bere f (plural beri)

1. beer

   Vrem trei beri, te rog.

   We want three beers, please.

Declension

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

Etymology 2

bea (“to drink”) +‎ -re

Noun

bere f (uncountable)

1. (rare) (the act of) drinking

Declension

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

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English bere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/

Noun

bere (uncountable)

1. barley, especially six-rowed barley

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English belly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

Noun

bere

1. belly
2. womb

Derived terms

• berebanti
• bereman
• ondrobere

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French béret.

Noun

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

1. beret

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

1. wound, injury