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4-letter words (3 found)

BEER,BERE,BREE,

3-letter words (4 found)

BEE,ERE,REB,REE,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from beer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of beer

beer eber beer eber eebr eebr bere ebre bree rbee erbe rebe bere ebre bree rbee erbe rebe eerb eerb ereb reeb ereb reeb

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word beer. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in beer.

Definitions and meaning of beer

beer

Etymology 1

From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (beer) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (beer) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeusóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”.

However, also see the "beer" entry on OED (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (a drink, beverage), from Latin 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, West Frisian bier, German Low German Beer, Dutch bier, German Bier, Icelandic bjór (beer).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪə/, /bɪː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɪɚ/, /bɪɹ/
  • Homophone: bier
  • (nearsquare merger) IPA(key): /bɛə/
  • Homophone: bear (New Zealand, near–square merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)

  1. (uncountable) 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
  2. (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
  3. (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
  4. (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
  5. (countable) A variety of the above beverages.
Derived terms

Pages starting with “beer”.

Descendants
  • Tok Pisin: bia
  • Alabama: biya
  • Bengali: বিয়ার (biẏar)
  • Burmese: ဘီယာ (bhiya)
  • Chinese: 啤酒 (píjiǔ)
  • Hausa: biya
  • Hawaiian: bia
  • Hindi: बियर (biyar)
  • Khmer: បៀរ (biə)
  • Maori: pia
  • Swahili: bia
  • Tagalog: bir
  • Telugu: బీరు (bīru)
  • Thai: เบียร์ (biia)
  • Zulu: ubhiya
Translations

Verb

beer (third-person singular simple present beers, present participle beering, simple past and past participle beered)

  1. (informal, transitive) 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.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To drink beer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English beere, equivalent to be +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.ə/

Noun

beer (plural beers)

  1. (nonstandard) One who is or exists.
Alternative forms
  • be-er
Related terms
  • afterbear
  • forebear

Further reading

  • “Sumerian beer” from Language Log, 2022-04-04

Anagrams

  • Bree, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪər/

Etymology 1

From Dutch beer, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun

beer (plural bere, diminutive beertjie)

  1. bear

Etymology 2

From Dutch beer, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Noun

beer (plural bere)

  1. boar (male swine)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːr/, [bɪːr]
  • Hyphenation: beer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bēre, from Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

  1. A bear, any member of the family Ursidae
  2. (figurative) A person who is physically impressive and/or crude
Derived terms
  • bere-
  • berenbijt
  • berenklauw
  • berenjacht
  • berenkuil
  • berenleider
  • berenmarkt
  • berenmuts
  • beren op de weg zien
  • berentemmer
  • berenval
  • berin
  • brombeer
  • dansbeer
  • gummybeer
  • knuffelbeer
  • teddybeer
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: beer
  • Papiamentu: ber, beer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bêer, from Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

  1. boar (male swine)
  2. buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building
  3. A boar-shaped type of battering ram
  4. A male badger
Derived terms
  • beervarken
  • de beer is los
  • steunbeer
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: beer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch bere, from Old Dutch [Term?], from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *bermō (yeast), related to Old English beorma, Albanian burmë.

Noun

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

  1. (now dialectal) liquid, notably human manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize)
Derived terms
  • beerkar
  • beerput
  • beersteker
  • beertobbe

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Bär. Cognate to etymology 1.

Noun

beer m (plural beren)

  1. (university slang) debt
    Synonym: schuld
  2. (university slang) creditor (one to whom one owes debt)
    Synonym: schuldeiser

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

beer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of beō

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːʀ/
  • Hyphenation: beer
  • Rhymes: -eːʀ

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bêr, from Old Saxon bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Alternative forms

  • Bier, bier (less common variant)
  • bair (Eisden)
  • Béër (Eupen)

Noun

beer n

  1. beer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bere, from Old Dutch bēro, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Alternative forms

  • Bier, bieër (some dialects, like Voeren)
  • Béër (Eupen)

Noun

beer m

  1. boar (male swine)
Related terms
  • zoog (female swine)

Etymology 3

From Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri. Alternatively from Middle Dutch bere, from Old Dutch *beri. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-.

Alternative forms

  • bier, bieër

Noun

beer f

  1. berry

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Noun

bêer m

  1. boar, male pig

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: beer
  • West Flemish: beir

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

Old French

Alternative forms

  • baer, baher, baier, baer, beier, beyer

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin badāre.

Verb

beer

  1. (transitive) to open
  2. (intransitive) to open
  3. (chiefly) to pant; to breathe heavily
  4. (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.

Derived terms

  • beee

Descendants

  • Middle French: beer
    • French: bayer
  • Norman: béguer
  • Picard: beyer
  • Walloon: bawî

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (beer)

Somali

Etymology 1

From Proto-Cushitic *baar-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *bur-. Cognates include Afar baaxo, Saho baarho, Arabic بَرّ (barr), Hebrew בַּר (bar), and Sabaean 𐩨𐩧 (br).

Noun

beer ?

  1. cultivated field, garden

Etymology 2

Noun

beer ?

  1. liver

References

  • Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “beer”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga[1], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 101

Source: wiktionary.org