bere

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

bere (uncountable)

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

Alternative forms

• bear

Translations

Etymology 2

See bear (“pillowcase”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪə/, /bɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪɚ/, /bɛɚ/

Noun

bere (plural beres)

1. (now dialectal) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
   • 1976, Essex Record Office, Publications:

     Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'

   • 2014 April 1, Phil Rickman, The Heresy of Dr Dee, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:

     [...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Noun

bere

1. plural of beer

Bambara

Noun

bere

1. a stick

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾe/
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Hyphenation: be‧re

Etymology 1

Determiner

bere

1. genitive plural of bera; their

   Synonym: beren

Etymology 2

Pronoun

bere

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

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓé.ɽe/

Noun

bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bere

1. third-person singular present indicative of brát

Italian

Alternative forms

• bevere (archaic or dialectal)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: bé‧re

Verb

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

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Related terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Eber, ebre, erbe, rebe

Latin

Adjective

bēre

1. vocative masculine singular of bērus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bēre m

1. bear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• bier, beare, beore, bore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛːr(ə)/

Noun

bere (plural beres)

1. bear (mammal)

Descendants

• English: bear (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: beir

References

• “bēr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Compare Old Norse berja (“to strike”).

Verb

bere

1. (transitive) To pierce.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2255-2256:

     [...] Than preye I thee, to-morwe with a spere
     That Arcita me thurgh the herte bere.

     Then I pray thee, tomorrow with a spear
     That Arcite stab me through the heart.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːrə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bera.

Noun

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

• bera, beru

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. e-infinitive form of bera

References

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.

Noun

bere m

1. barley

Declension

Derived terms

• bærlīċ
• beren

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Verb

bere

1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

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

Derived terms

• berărie

Etymology 2

From bea (“to drink”) +‎ -re.

Noun

bere f (uncountable)

1. (rare) (the act of) drinking

Declension

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːrə/
• Hyphenation: be‧re
• Rhymes: -eːrə

Verb

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

References

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

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/

Noun

bere (uncountable)

1. barley, especially six-rowed barley

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English belly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

Noun

bere

1. belly, stomach
2. womb

Derived terms

• angribere
• berebanti
• bereman
• ondrobere
• taibere

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

   Synonym: bertik

Declension

Further reading

• “bere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “bere”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Venda

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd.

Noun

bere (plural dzibere)

1. horse