beer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BEERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BEER ber, bere, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BEERCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BEER bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *beuʀ, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEER *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#BEERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEER *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”.
However, also see the "beer" entry on EtymOnline (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar LatinCategory:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BEER *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BEER bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Language guessed it was from (unattested) Welsh *bîr; he distinguished it in his time from ale — the ancient usual word — by beer being older-aged and/or smaller.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor (“beer”), West Frisian bier (“beer”), Dutch bier (“beer”), German Low German Beer (“beer”), German Bier (“beer”), dialectal Swedish bjor, bör (“beer”), Norwegian Nynorsk bjor (“beer”), Faroese bjór (“beer”), Icelandic bjór (“beer”).
Pronunciation
- (non-rhotic)
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɪə/, [ˈbɪə]Category:English 1-syllable words#BEERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbiə/, [ˈbiə]Category:English 1-syllable words#BEERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
- (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɛː/, [ˈbɛː]Category:English 1-syllable words#BEERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
- (rhotic)
- (General American, Standard Canadian) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɚ/, [ˈbɪɚ] ~ [ˈbɪɹ̩]Category:English 2-syllable words#BEERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbi(ː)ɹ/, [ˈbi(ː)ɹ]Category:English 1-syllable words#BEERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
- (Indic)
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)#BEERCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable#BEER
- Hyphenation: beer
- Homophones: bier, bere, bare (cheer–chair merger), bear (cheer–chair merger)Category:English terms with homophones#BEER
Noun
beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)Category:English lemmas#BEERCategory:English nouns#BEERCategory:English uncountable nouns#BEERCategory:English countable nouns#BEERCategory:English countable nouns#BEERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BEER) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beer
- Beer is brewed all over the world.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- “ […] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes likeCategory:English terms with quotations#BEER
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […] ”
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BEER) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BEER) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#BEER) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
- I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
- Can I buy you a beer?Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
- I'd like two beers and a glass of white wine.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#BEER) A variety of the above beverages.
- Pilsner is one of the most commonly served beers in Europe.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
- I haven't tried this beer before.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
- I had two beers yesterday at the restaurant.Category:English terms with usage examples#BEER
Derived terms
- all foam and no beer
- barley beer
- beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
- beerage
- beeraholic
- beeramid
- beer and pretzels game
- beer and skittles
- beer baby
- beer bar
- beer baron
- beer bash
- beer-bellied
- beer belly
- beer bike
- beer blast
- beer bong
- beer bottle
- beer bread
- beer bug
- beer-bust
- beer-butt chicken
- beer can
- beer-can chicken
- beer cellar
- beer cheese
- beer clock
- beer coaster
- beer darts
- beer die
- beered-up
- beeregar
- beer engine
- beerfest
- beer flight
- beer frame
- beer fridge
- beerful
- beer garden
- beergarita
- Beergate
- beer glass
- beer-glass
- beer goggles
- beer-gut
- beer gut
- beer hall
- beer hand
- beer hat
- beerhead
- beer helmet
- beerhound
- beerhouse
- beerily
- beerish
- beerita
- beer knot
- beer league
- beer leaguer
- beerless
- beer lever
- beerlike
- beer line
- beer-lore
- beer lore
- beermaker
- beermaking
- beer mat
- beer match
- beer mile
- beer money
- beermonger
- beer muscles
- beer mustard
- beer nut
- beer o'clock
- beerocracy
- beerocrat
- beer-off
- beer paddle
- beer parlor
- beer parlour
- beer pong
- beerpot
- beer pull
- beer run
- beershop
- beersicle
- beer snake
- beer soup
- beer stick
- beerstone
- beertail
- beertender
- beer tent
- beer ticket
- beertini
- beer up
- Beervana
- beerware
- beer wench
- beer wort
- beerwort
- beer-wort
- beery
- birch beer
- black beer
- bock beer
- buttered beer
- champagne taste on a beer billfold
- champagne taste on a beer budget
- champagne taste on a beer pocketbook
- champagne taste on a beer salary
- champagne taste on a beer wallet
- chowder beer
- coldbeer
- country beer
- craft beer
- cry in one's beer
- cry into one's beer
- ear beer
- egg in one's beer
- flight of beer
- for crying in the beer
- free as in beer
- ginger beer
- gruitbeer
- guest beer
- have no fear of ice cold beer
- hold my beer
- ice beer
- kaffir beer
- keg beer
- lager-beer
- life is not all beer and skittles
- long beer
- malt beer
- matai beer
- microbeer
- near beer
- needle beer
- nonbeer
- nose beer
- October beer
- root beer
- root beer float
- session beer
- silver beer
- skittles and beer
- sky beer
- small beer
- smoked beer
- spruce beer
- steam beer
- Sunday beer
- table beer
- weep in one's beer
- weep into one's beer
- weiss beer
- wheat beer
Descendants
- Bislama: bia
- Tok Pisin: bia
- → Alabama: biya
- → Bengali: বিয়ার (biẏar)
- → Burmese: ဘီယာ (bhiya)
- ⇒ Chinese: 啤酒 (píjiǔ)Category:Chinese terms with redundant transliterations#BEER
- → Hausa: biya
- → Hawaiian: bia
- → Hindi: बियर (biyar)
- → Khmer: បៀរ (biə)
- → Māori: pia
- → Swahili: bia
- → Tagalog: bir
- → Telugu: బీరు (bīru)
- → Thai: เบียร์ (biia)
- → Yoruba: bíà
- → Zulu: ubhiya
Translations
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Verb
beer (third-person singular simple present beers, present participle beering, simple past and past participle beered)Category:English lemmas#BEERCategory:English verbs#BEERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#BEER, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEER) To give beer to (someone).
- 1870, Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta in Clement Scott, Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes, Robson and Sons, pages 303–304:
- No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us.
- 2010, Steve Brezenhoff, The Absolute Value of -1, Carolrhoda Lab, page 121:
- “Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?”Category:English terms with quotations#BEER
- 2013, Janet E. Cameron, Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World, Hatchette Books Ireland, page 124:
- I heard Patty Marsh yelling, ‘Beer him, Eleanor!’Category:English terms with quotations#BEER
- 2013, R. D. Power, Forbidden, page 39:
- “Beer me!” To his astonishment she obeyed his command, appearing a minute later with a glass of beer and a wry smile.Category:English terms with quotations#BEER
- 1870, Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta in Clement Scott, Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes, Robson and Sons, pages 303–304:
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#BEER, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BEER) To drink beer.
- 2008, Charles Foran, Join the Revolution, Comrade: Journeys and Essays, page 83:
- In Japan, students on a Friday night announce “Let's beer!”Category:English terms with quotations#BEER
Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BEER beere, equivalent to be + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#BEER.
Pronunciation
Noun
beer (plural beers)Category:English lemmas#BEERCategory:English nouns#BEERCategory:English countable nouns#BEERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- (nonstandardCategory:English nonstandard terms#BEER) One who is or exists.
- 1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories:
- That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.Category:English terms with quotations#BEER
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Sumerian beer” from Language Log, 2022-04-04
Anagrams
Category:en:Beer#BEERCategory:en:Zymurgy#BEERAfrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Category:Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (pierce)#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-#BEER Category:Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERFrom DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#BEER beer, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEER *berô.
Noun
beer (plural bere, diminutive beertjie)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BEERCategory:Afrikaans nouns#BEERCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
Etymology 2
From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#BEER beer, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *bair.
Noun
beer (plural bere)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BEERCategory:Afrikaans nouns#BEERCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- boar (male swine)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːr/, [bɪːr]Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BEERAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: beer
- Rhymes: -eːrCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/eːr#BEERCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/eːr/1 syllable#BEER
Etymology 1
Category:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (pierce)#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-#BEERFrom Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEER bēre, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BEER *bero, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *berō, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEER *berô.
Noun
beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BEERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- Category:nl:Ursids#BEERa bear, any member of the family Ursidae
- De beer drinkt bier. ― The bear drinks beer.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#BEER
- (figurative) a person who is physically impressive and/or crude
- Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he? ― What a bear of a guy there in front, huh?Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#BEER
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEER bêer, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BEER *bēr, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *bair.
Noun
beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BEERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- Category:nl:Male animals#BEERboar (male swine)
- De kinderboerderij heeft een aantal zeugen en maar één beer. ― The petting zoo has a number of sows and only one boar.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#BEER
- buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building
- a boar-shaped type of battering ram
- a male badger
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: beer
Etymology 3
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEER bere, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BEER [Term?]Category:Old Dutch term requests#BEER, from a derivative of Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *bermō (“yeast”), related to Old English beorma, Albanian burmë.
Noun
beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BEERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- (now dialectalCategory:Dutch dialectal terms#BEER) liquid, notably human manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize)
- Wie doet er nu beer in zijn bier? Ik haat beer!
- Who in the world would put liquid manure in his beer? I hate manure!
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from German#BEERCategory:Dutch terms derived from German#BEER Bär. Cognate to etymology 1.
Noun
beer m (plural beren, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns#BEERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BEERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- (university slangCategory:nl:Universities#BEERCategory:Dutch student slang#BEER) debt
- Synonym: schuld
- Door haar gokverslaving zat ze met een enorme beer opgescheept.
- Due to her gambling addiction she was saddled with an enormous debt.
- (university slangCategory:nl:Universities#BEERCategory:Dutch student slang#BEER) creditor (one to whom one owes debt)
- Synonym: schuldeiser
- Henry zag niet zijn beren op de weg, maar wel bij hem op de stoep.
- Henry didn't see his creditors on the road, but he did see them on his doorstep.
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Latin
Verb
beerCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#BEERCategory:Latin verb forms#BEERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːʀ/Category:Limburgish terms with IPA pronunciation#BEER
- Hyphenation: beer
- Rhymes: -eːʀCategory:Rhymes:Limburgish/eːʀ#BEERCategory:Rhymes:Limburgish/eːʀ/1 syllable#BEER
Etymology 1
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Middle Low German#BEER bêr, from Old SaxonCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Old Saxon#BEER bior, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *beuʀ, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEER *beuzą.
Alternative forms
Noun
beer nCategory:Limburgish lemmas#BEERCategory:Limburgish nouns#BEERCategory:Limburgish entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Limburgish neuter nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
Etymology 2
From Middle DutchCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEER bere, from Old DutchCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch#BEER bēro, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *bair.
Alternative forms
Noun
beer mCategory:Limburgish lemmas#BEERCategory:Limburgish nouns#BEERCategory:Limburgish entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Limburgish masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- boar (male swine)
Related terms
- zoog (“female swine”)
Etymology 3
From Middle High GermanCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Middle High German#BEER ber, from Old High GermanCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Old High German#BEER beri. Alternatively from Middle DutchCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEER bere, from Old DutchCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch#BEER *beri. Both ultimately from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *baʀi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEER *bazją, possibly from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#BEERCategory:Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEER *bʰeh₂-.
Alternative forms
Noun
beer fCategory:Limburgish lemmas#BEERCategory:Limburgish nouns#BEERCategory:Limburgish entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Limburgish feminine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
Category:li:Alcoholic beverages#BEERCategory:li:Beer#BEERCategory:li:Male animals#BEERCategory:li:Pigs#BEERCategory:li:Berries#BEERMiddle Dutch
Etymology
From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEERCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BEER *bēr, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEERCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEER *bair.
Noun
bêer mCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#BEERCategory:Middle Dutch nouns#BEERCategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Middle Dutch masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bêer | bêre |
| accusative | bêer | bêre |
| genitive | bêers | bêre |
| dative | bêre | bêren |
Descendants
Further reading
- “beer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page bere
Middle English
Noun
beerCategory:Middle English alternative forms#BEERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- alternative form of ber
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin#BEERCategory:Old French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin#BEER badāre.
Verb
beerCategory:Old French lemmas#BEERCategory:Old French verbs#BEERCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
- (transitiveCategory:Old French transitive verbs#BEER) to open
- (intransitiveCategory:Old French intransitive verbs#BEER) to open
- (chiefly) to pant; to breathe heavily
- (figuratively) to desire; to lust for
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | beer | avoir beé | |||||
| gerund | en beant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | beant | ||||||
| past participle | beé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | be | bees | bee | beons | beez | beent |
| imperfect | beoie, beeie, beoe, beeve | beoies, beeies, beoes, beeves | beoit, beeit, beot, beeve | beïiens, beïens | beïiez, beïez | beoient, beeient, beoent, beevent | |
| preterite | beai | beas | bea | beames | beastes | beerent | |
| future | beerai | beeras | beera | beerons | beeroiz, beereiz, beerez | beeront | |
| conditional | beeroie, beereie | beeroies, beereies | beeroit, beereit | beeriiens, beeriens | beeriiez, beeriez | beeroient, beereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | be | bez | bet | beons | beez | beent |
| imperfect | beasse | beasses | beast | beïssons, beïssiens | beïssoiz, beïssez, beïssiez | beassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | bee | — | beons | beez | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “beer”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
Somali
Etymology 1
Cognate with Maay beer, Jiiddu biir.
Noun
béer f (plural beero m)Category:Somali lemmas#BEERCategory:Somali nouns#BEERCategory:Somali entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Somali feminine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
Etymology 2
UnknownCategory:Somali terms with unknown etymologies#BEER. Perhaps related to Shinasha afara (“liver”) and Sheko afaaro (“liver”)Category:Sheko terms in nonstandard scripts#BEER.
Noun
bèer m (plural beerar m)Category:Somali lemmas#BEERCategory:Somali nouns#BEERCategory:Somali entries with incorrect language header#BEERCategory:Somali masculine nouns#BEERCategory:Pages with entries#BEERCategory:Pages with 9 entries#BEER
References
- “beer”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012