Beirut
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman TurkishCategory:English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#BEIRUTCategory:English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEIRUT بیروت (beyrût), from ArabicCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#BEIRUT بَيْرُوت (bayrūt), ultimately from PhoenicianCategory:English terms derived from Phoenician#BEIRUT 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /bērūt/), from Proto-West SemiticCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Semitic#BEIRUT *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Berytus and BeerothCategory:English doublets#BEIRUT.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bā-ro͞otʹ, IPA(key): /beɪˈɹuːt/Category:English 2-syllable words#BEIRUTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEIRUT[1]
- Hyphenation: Bei‧rut
- Rhymes: -uːtCategory:Rhymes:English/uːt#BEIRUTCategory:Rhymes:English/uːt/2 syllables#BEIRUT
Proper noun
BeirutCategory:English lemmas#BEIRUTCategory:English proper nouns#BEIRUTCategory:English uncountable nouns#BEIRUTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with entries#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEIRUT
- The capital and largest city of LebanonCategory:en:Beirut#BEIRUTCategory:en:Cities in Lebanon#BEIRUTCategory:en:National capitals#BEIRUTCategory:en:Places in Lebanon#BEIRUT.
- 2025 April 27, Oren Liebermann, Charbel Mallo, Michael Rios, Eyad Kourdi and Dana Karni, “Israeli airstrike rocks southern Beirut after military issues evacuation warning”, in CNN:
- An Israeli airstrike rocked southern Beirut on Sunday soon after the military issued an evacuation warning for the Lebanese capital.Category:English terms with quotations#BEIRUT
- The drinking game of beer pong.
Related terms
Translations
References
- ↑ “Beirut”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Category:en:Phoenicia#BEIRUTDanish
Proper noun
BeirutCategory:Danish lemmas#BEIRUTCategory:Danish proper nouns#BEIRUTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with entries#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEIRUT
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɪ̯ˈʁuːt/, /ˈbaɪ̯ʁuːt/, (both also) /bɛɪ̯-/Category:German 2-syllable words#BEIRUTCategory:German 2-syllable words#BEIRUTCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#BEIRUT
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#BEIRUTAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#BEIRUTAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Proper noun
Beirut n (proper noun, genitive Beiruts or (optionally with an article) Beirut)Category:German lemmas#BEIRUTCategory:German proper nouns#BEIRUTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BEIRUTCategory:German neuter nouns#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with entries#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEIRUT
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)Category:de:Beirut#BEIRUTCategory:de:Beirut#BEIRUTCategory:de:Cities in Lebanon#BEIRUTCategory:de:National capitals#BEIRUTCategory:de:Places in Lebanon#BEIRUT
See also
- Bayreuth (not to be confused)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beiˈɾut/ [bei̯ˈɾut̪]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#BEIRUTCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BEIRUT
- Rhymes: -utCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ut#BEIRUTCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ut/2 syllables#BEIRUT
- Syllabification: Bei‧rut
Proper noun
Beirut ?Category:Spanish lemmas#BEIRUTCategory:Spanish proper nouns#BEIRUTCategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#BEIRUTCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BEIRUTCategory:Requests for gender in Spanish entries#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with entries#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEIRUT
Swedish
Proper noun
Beirut n (genitive Beiruts)Category:Swedish lemmas#BEIRUTCategory:Swedish proper nouns#BEIRUTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BEIRUTCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with entries#BEIRUTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEIRUT
