# bere
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“emmer”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bɪə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /bɪɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
* Homophones: beer, bier, bear (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger)

#### Noun

bere (uncountable)
* (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.

##### Alternative forms

* bear

##### Derived terms

* beremeal

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

See bear (“pillowcase”)

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bɪə/, /bɛə/
* (US) IPA: /bɪɚ/, /bɛɚ/

#### Noun

bere (plural beres)
* (now dialectal) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
** 1976, Essex Record Office, Publications:Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'
** 2014 April 1, Phil Rickman, The Heresy of Dr Dee, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:[...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.

#### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Bere”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

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

## Afrikaans
### Noun

bere
* plural of beer

## Bambara
### Noun

bere
* a stick

### References

* Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beɾe/ [be.ɾe]
* Rhymes: -eɾe, -e
* Hyphenation: be‧re

### Etymology 1
#### Determiner

bere
* genitive plural of bera; their
    Synonym: beren

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

bere
* genitive singular of bera; his, her, its

## Chichewa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓé.ɽe/

### Noun

bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)
* breast, teat
* part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛrɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛrɛ
* Hyphenation: be‧re

### Verb

bere
* third-person singular present indicative of brát

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* bevere (archaic or dialectal, Rome)

### Etymology

From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti. Cognate with Albanian pi, literary Armenian ըմպել (əmpel), Hindi पीना (pīnā), and Irish ibh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.re/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ere
* Hyphenation: bé‧re

### Verb

bére (first-person singular present bévo, first-person singular past historic bévvi or bevétti or (traditional) bevètti, past participle bevùto, first-person singular imperfect bevévo, first-person singular future berrò, auxiliary avére)
* (ambitransitive) to drink [auxiliary avere]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Traditional.
Including lesser-used forms:
$^1$Archaic or popular Tuscan. $^2$Traditional. $^3$Rare.

#### Related terms

* abbeverare
** abbeveratoio
* bersi
* bevanda
* beveraggio
* beverino
* bevibile
* bevicchiare
* bevitore
* bevucchiare
* bevuta
* bevuto
** bevuticcio
* imbevere
* sbevacchiare
* sbevazzare
* sbevere

### Further reading

* bere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Eber, ebre, erbe, rebe

## Latin
### Adjective

bēre
* vocative masculine singular of bērus

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

bēre m
* bear

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: beer
** Afrikaans: beer
** → Papiamentu: ber, beer
* Limburgish: baer
* West Flemish: beir
* Zealandic: beêr

### Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

#### Noun

bēre f
* berry

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* West Flemish: beier

### Further reading

* “bere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “bere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bere (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bere (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page V

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* bier, beare, beore, bore

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛːr(ə)/

#### Noun

bere (plural beres)
* bear (mammal)

##### Descendants

* English: bear (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: beir

#### References

* “bēr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

Compare Old Norse berja (“to strike”).

#### Verb

bere
* (transitive) To pierce.
** late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2255-2256:
    [...] Than preye I thee, to-morwe with a spere That Arcita me thurgh the herte bere.[...] Then I pray thee, tomorrow with a spear That Arcite stab me through the heart.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²bɛːrə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bera.

#### Noun

bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)
* a female bear, she-bear
    Synonyms: binne, hobjørn
    Inne mellom trea kunne dei skimta ei bere.Between the trees, they could discern a she-bear.

##### Alternative forms

* bera, beru

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bere (present tense ber, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive berast, present participle berande, imperative ber)
* e-infinitive form of bera

### References

* “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.re/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.

#### Noun

bere m
* barley

##### Declension

Strong ja-stem:

##### Derived terms

* bærlīċ
* beren

##### Descendants

* Middle English: bere
** English: bere
** Scots: bere, beir

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bere
* first-person singular present indicative of beran

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.re/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bier. Influenced by the word below, meaning "action of drinking".

#### Noun

bere f (plural beri)
* beer
    Vrem trei beri, te rog.We want three beers, please.

##### Derived terms

* berărie

### Etymology 2

From bea (“to drink”) +‎ -re.

#### Noun

bere f (uncountable)
* (rare) (the act of) drinking

##### Declension
## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian bera, from Proto-West Germanic *beran. Cognates include West Frisian barre and English bear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːrə/
* Hyphenation: be‧re
* Rhymes: -eːrə

### Verb

bere
* (transitive) to bear; to give birth to
** 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).

#### Conjugation
### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “bere”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## Scots
### Etymology

From Old English bere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪə/

### Noun

bere (uncountable)
* barley, especially six-rowed barley

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English belly.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbe.re/

### Noun

bere
* belly, stomach
* womb

#### Derived terms

* angribere (“hungry”)
* berebanti (“abdominal support belt”)
* bereman (“pregnant”)
* ondrobere (“abdomen”)
* taibere (“cotton wraparound garment”)

#### Descendants

* Aukan: bee
* Saramaccan: bë́ë

### References

* Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “bere”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French béret.

#### Noun

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)
* beret

### Etymology 2

From Old Turkic bertmek (“to wound, to injure”)

#### Noun

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)
* wound, injury
    Synonym: bertik

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
bere
bereler
definite accusative
bereyi
bereleri
dative
bereye
berelere
locative
berede
berelerde
ablative
bereden
berelerden
genitive
berenin
berelerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
berem
berelerim
2nd singular
beren
berelerin
3rd singular
beresi
bereleri
1st plural
beremiz
berelerimiz
2nd plural
bereniz
bereleriniz
3rd plural
bereleri
bereleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
beremi
berelerimi
2nd singular
bereni
berelerini
3rd singular
beresini
berelerini
1st plural
beremizi
berelerimizi
2nd plural
berenizi
berelerinizi
3rd plural
berelerini
berelerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
bereme
berelerime
2nd singular
berene
berelerine
3rd singular
beresine
berelerine
1st plural
beremize
berelerimize
2nd plural
berenize
berelerinize
3rd plural
berelerine
berelerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
beremde
berelerimde
2nd singular
berende
berelerinde
3rd singular
beresinde
berelerinde
1st plural
beremizde
berelerimizde
2nd plural
berenizde
berelerinizde
3rd plural
berelerinde
berelerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
beremden
berelerimden
2nd singular
berenden
berelerinden
3rd singular
beresinden
berelerinden
1st plural
beremizden
berelerimizden
2nd plural
berenizden
berelerinizden
3rd plural
berelerinden
berelerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
beremin
berelerimin
2nd singular
berenin
berelerinin
3rd singular
beresinin
berelerinin
1st plural
beremizin
berelerimizin
2nd plural
berenizin
berelerinizin
3rd plural
berelerinin
berelerinin :

### Further reading

* “bere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “bere”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

## Venda
### Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd.

### Noun

bere (plural dzibere)
* horse