bere

• bear

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.

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə

bere (uncountable)

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

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

bere

1. plural of beer

bere

1. a stick

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

• IPA^(key): /beɾe/, [be̞.ɾe̞]

bere

1. genitive plural of bera; their

   Synonym: beren

bere

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

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓé.ɽe/

bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)

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

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

bere

1. third-person singular present indicative of brát

• bevere (archaic or dialectal)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

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• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: bé‧re

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]

Including lesser-used forms:

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

• Eber, ebre, erbe, rebe

bēre

1. vocative masculine singular of bērus

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

bēre m

1. bear

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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

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

bēre f

1. berry

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• West Flemish: beier

• “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

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

• bier, beare, beore, bore

• IPA^(key): /bɛːr(ə)/

bere (plural beres)

1. bear

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

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

Compare Old Norse berja (“to strike”).

bere

1. (transitive) To pierce.

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

• IPA^(key): /²beː.rə/

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

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?

• bera (split or a-infinitive)

• bene, benelde
• bær

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}}.

From Old Norse bera.

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.

• bera, beru

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

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

bere m

1. barley

• bærlīċ
• beren

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

bere

1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

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

bere f (plural beri)

1. beer

   Vrem trei beri, te rog.

   We want three beers, please.

• berărie

bea (“to drink”) +‎ -re

bere f (uncountable)

1. (rare) (the act of) drinking

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

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

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).

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

From Old English bere.

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/

bere (uncountable)

1. barley, especially six-rowed barley

From English belly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/

bere

1. belly, stomach
2. womb

• angribere
• berebanti
• bereman
• ondrobere
• taibere

Borrowed from French béret.

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

1. beret

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

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

1. wound, injury

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd.

bere

1. horse