bere

• bear

From Old English bere.

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/

bere (uncountable)

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

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

bere

1. plural of beer

bere

1. 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

bere

1. berry

• bevere (archaic)

From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.re/, [ˈbeːr̺e]

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• Stress: bére
• Hyphenation: be‧re

bere

1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink

• erbe

bēre

1. vocative masculine singular of bērus

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

bēre m

1. bear

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: beer
• Limburgish: baer
• West Flemish: beir

From Old Dutch *beri, 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
• “bere (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “bere (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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

• IPA^(key): /bɛːr(ə)/

bere (plural beres)

1. bear

• English: bear

• IPA^(key): /²beːrə/

From Old Norse bera.

• bera (infinitive)

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

1. to carry, bear

   Kor langt skal eg bere dette?

   How far shall I carry this?

• berar
• berbar

From Old Norse bera.

bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)

1. a female bear, she-bear

   Inne mellom trea kunne dei skimta ei bere.

   Between the trees, they could discern a she-bear.

• (female bear): binne
• (female bear): hobjørn

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbere/

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

bere m

1. barley

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.

bea (“to drink”) +‎ -re

bere f (uncountable)

1. (rare) (the act of) drinking

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
2. womb

• berebanti
• bereman
• ondrobere

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