ginger beer

See also: gingerbeer

English

Noun

ginger beer (countable and uncountable, plural ginger beers)

1. (uncountable) A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger.

   Coordinate terms: birch beer, root beer

   • 2004, “Kon Queso”, in Mm..Food, performed by MF Doom:

     Have no fear, the ninja here / Feel 'em like the tinge in your ear from drinkin' ginger beer

2. (countable) A glass or drink of ginger beer.

   I'm having a ginger beer - would you like one too?

3. (Cockney rhyming slang, usually used in the shortened form ginger) queer (i.e. homosexual).

Translations

drink flavoured with ginger

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: gínger m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薑啤／姜啤 (goeng¹ be¹)

  Mandarin: 薑味汽水／姜味汽水 (jiāngwèi qìshuǐ), 薑汁酒／姜汁酒 (jiāngzhījiǔ)

• Czech: zázvorové pivo n
• Danish: sodavand med ingefærsmag, ingefærøl n or c
• Dutch: gemberbier (nl) n
• Esperanto: zingibra biero
• Finnish: inkivääriolut (fi)
• French: bière de gingembre (fr)
• Georgian: კოჭას ლუდი (ḳoč̣as ludi)
• German: Ingwerbier n
• Greek: τζιτζιμπίρα (el) (tzitzimpíra)
• Hawaiian: ʻela kinika
• Hindi: अदरक बियर (adrak biyar)
• Hungarian: gyömbérsör (hu)
• Icelandic: engiferöl n
• Irish: beoir shinséir f
• Italian: birra allo zenzero f
• Japanese: ジンジャービール (jinjābīru)
• Maori: tinipia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ingefærøl n

  Nynorsk: ingefærøl n

• Polish: piwo imbirowe n
• Portuguese: gengibirra (pt) f
• Romanian: bere de ghimber f, bere de ghimbir f
• Russian: имби́рное пи́во n (imbírnoje pívo)
• Slovene: ingverjevo pivo n
• Spanish: gaseosa de jengibre f
• Swahili: tangawizi
• Swedish: ingefärsöl
• Tamil: ஜின்ஜர் பியர் (jiṉjar piyar)
• Vietnamese: loại bia có mùi rừng, bia gừng
• Welsh: diod sinsir f

glass of this drink

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一杯薑味汽水／一杯姜味汽水 (yī bēi jiāngwèi qìshuǐ), 一杯薑汁酒／一杯姜汁酒 (yī bēi jiāngzhījiǔ)

• Finnish: inkivääriolut (fi)

queer — see queer

Adjective

ginger beer (comparative more ginger beer, superlative most ginger beer)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang, usually used in the shortened form ginger) queer (i.e. homosexual).

Translations

queer — see queer