bears

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /bɛɹz/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɛəz/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /beːz/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /beəz/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /biəz/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /beɹz/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)z/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z Homophones: bares, beers (cheer–chair merger), burrs (fair–fur merger) === Noun === bears plural of bear ==== See also ==== Appendix: Animals Appendix:English collective nouns === Verb === bears third-person singular simple present indicative of bear === Anagrams === BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, Saber, bares, barse, baser, besra, braes, rabes, saber, sabre == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑrs/, [bæ͜ɑrˠs] === Noun === bears m alternative form of bærs == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *barsaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪə̯s/ === Noun === bears c (plural bearzen, diminutive bearske) bass, perch (fish) ==== Further reading ==== “bears”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011