bier

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɪə/ (US) IPA(key): /bɪɚ/ Homophones: beer, bere, bear (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Noun === bier (plural biers) A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === bier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Brie, brie, rebi == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bir/, [biːr] === Noun === bier (plural biere, diminutive biertjie) beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material) (countable) a serving of beer ==== Derived terms ==== bierbottel bierglas == Breton == === Etymology === From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (“beer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːɛr/ === Noun === bier m beer == Danish == === Noun === bier c indefinite plural of bi === Verb === bier present of bie == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bir/, [biːr] Hyphenation: bier Rhymes: -ir === Noun === bier n (plural bieren, diminutive biertje n) (uncountable) beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material) (countable, usually in the diminutive) a serving of beer (countable) a variety of beer ==== Synonyms ==== gerstenat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: bier Negerhollands: bier → Breton: bier → Caribbean Hindustani: bir → Caribbean Javanese: bir → Malay: bir Indonesian: bir → Japanese: ビール (bīru)→ Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)→ Hokkien: 米魯 / 米鲁 (bì-lù / bì-luh / bih-luh)→ Korean: 비르 (bireu)→ Jeju: 비르 (bireu) → Javanese: ꦧꦶꦂ (bir) → Sranan Tongo: biriAukan: biiSaramaccan: bíi→ Kari'na: biri === Anagrams === brei == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. === Noun === bier n beer ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: bier (see there for further descendants) Limburgish: beer → Middle French: biere French: bière→ Abenaki: labial (from "la bière")→ Khmer: ប៊ីយេរ (biiyɛɛ)→ Lao: ເບຍ (bīa)→ Sango: bîêre→ Vietnamese: bia === Further reading === “bier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bier”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === bier m or f indefinite plural of bie == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bier f indefinite plural of bie == Vilamovian == === Etymology === See bjēr === Pronunciation === === Noun === bier f (plural biern) berry == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biə̯r/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian biār, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. ==== Noun ==== bier n (plural bieren, diminutive bierke) beer ===== Further reading ===== “bier (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 === Etymology 2 === From Old Frisian bēre, from Proto-West Germanic *bāru. ==== Noun ==== bier n (plural bieren) A bier (litter). ===== Further reading ===== “bier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011