bero

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See also: Bero and bēro

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /beɾo/, [be̞.ɾo̞]

Adjective

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bero (comparative beroago, superlative beroen, excessive beroegi)

  1. warm, calid
  2. passionate
  3. irritable

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Adverb

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bero (comparative beroago, superlative beroen, excessive beroegi)

  1. warmly

Noun

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bero inan

  1. warmth, heat
  2. (physics) heat
  3. fever
  4. (biology) heat, oestrus (a condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate)

Declension

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Antonyms

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Further reading

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  • bero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • bero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From German Beere and English berry.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbero]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: be‧ro

Noun

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bero (accusative singular beron, plural beroj, accusative plural berojn)

  1. berry

Latin

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Adjective

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bērō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bērus

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *berō, see also Old English bera, Old Norse bjǫrn.

Noun

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bero m

  1. bear

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: bër

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bero

  1. genitive singular/dual of bir (spit)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bero bero
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbero
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- +‎ ro. Cognate with Danish bero and Norwegian Bokmål bero.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bero (present beror, preterite berodde, supine berott, imperative bero)

  1. to depend (upon)
    Hans hjärta var nu en gång stämt för hjälpsamhet, och dess frid berodde av medvetandet av att ha hjälpt den hjälpbehövande.
    His heart was once and for all tuned to helpfulness, and its peace depended on being conscious of having helped someone in need.
  2. to be caused (by), to be explained (by)
    Den ofrivilliga pausen berodde på att datorn havererade
    The involuntary pause was caused by the computer's crashing.
  3. to have an unknown (or unspecified) cause (if the reason is omitted)
    det berorit depends
  4. to be shelved, to be postponed, to be less important (lacking good reasons)
    Guvernören fann det vara en omöjlig uppgift att bygga en kanal här, så saken fick bero.
    The governor found it an impossible task to build a canal here, so the issue was shelved.

Conjugation

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