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beer

a fermented alcoholic beverage: He went to the tavern for a beer.

Not to be confused with:

bier – a funeral litter: They placed the coffin on the bier.

beer

(bîr)

a. A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt, usually flavored with hops.

b. A fermented beverage brewed by traditional methods that is then dealcoholized so that the finished product contains no more than 0.5 percent alcohol.

c. A carbonated beverage produced by a method in which the fermentation process is either circumvented or altered, resulting in a finished product having an alcohol content of no more than 0.01 percent.

2. A beverage made from extracts of roots and plants: birch beer.

3. A serving of one of these beverages.

[Middle English ber, from Old English bēor, from West Germanic, probably from Latin bibere, to drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

beer

(bɪə)

1. (Brewing) an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast. Compare ale

2. (Brewing) a slightly fermented drink made from the roots or leaves of certain plants: ginger beer; nettle beer.

3. (modifier) relating to or used in the drinking of beer: beer glass; beer mat.

4. (modifier) in which beer is drunk, esp (of licensed premises) having a licence to sell beer: beer house; beer cellar; beer garden.

[Old English beor; related to Old Norse bjōrr, Old Frisian biār, Old High German bior]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

beer

(bɪər)

n.

1. an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usu. malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.

2. any of various beverages, whether alcoholic or not, made from roots, molasses or sugar, yeast, etc., as root beer.

[before 1000; Middle English bere, Old English bēor, c. Old Saxon, Old High German bior]

Beer

beer

noun ale, brew, swipes (Brit. slang), wallop (Brit. slang), hop juice, amber fluid or nectar (Austral. informal), tinnie or tinny (Austral. slang) We have quite a good range of beers.

Quotations
"And malt does more than Milton can"
"To justify God's ways to man" [A E Housman A Shropshire Lad]
"They who drink beer will think beer" [Washington Irving The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon]
"Then to the spicy nut-brown ale" [John Milton L'Allegro]

Beers

ale, barley wine, Bière de Garde, black and tan, bock beer or bock, boilermaker, bottle-conditioned beer or ale, brown ale, cask-conditioned beer or ale, Christmas beer or ale, draught beer, eighty shilling or eighty, export, fruit beer, guest beer, gueuze, half-and-half, heavy (Scot.), home-brew, ice beer, India Pale Ale or IPA, Kaffir beer, keg beer, Kölsch, lager, lambic, light (Scot.), light ale, mild, milk stout, nog or nogg (dialect), pale ale, Pils, Pilsner or Pilsener, plain (Irish), porter, Rauchbier, real ale, seventy shilling or seventy, shandy, shebeen or shebean (Irish & U.S.), sixty shilling or sixty, special, stingo, stout, sweet stout, Trappist beer, Weissbier, Weizenbier, wheat beer

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

بِيرَةبيرَه، جِعَـه

pivo

øl

Bier

μπίρα αφέψημα ζύθος

biero

cerveza

kalikesvamärjukeõlu

olutoluttuoppisahtituoppiuute

bière

pivo

sör

bjóröl

birra

ビール

맥주

cervisia

alusmenkniekis

alus

bierbiertje

bere

pivo

öl

bia

เบียร์

bira

пиво

biarượurượu bia

啤酒

beer

[bɪəʳ]

A. N → cerveza f
draught beer → cerveza f de barril
light/dark beer → cerveza f rubia/negra
we're only here for the beer (hum) → venimos en plan de diversión
life isn't all beer and skittles (Brit) → la vida no es un lecho de rosas, la vida no es todo Jauja
see also small A1

B. CPD beer barrel N → barril m de cerveza
beer belly N → panza f (de beber cerveza)
beer bottle N → botella f de cerveza
beer can N → bote m or lata f de cerveza
beer garden N → terraza f de verano, jardín m (de un bar)
beer glass N → jarra f de cerveza
beer gut N = beer belly

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beer

[ˈbɪə^r] n → bière f
Would you like a beer? → Tu veux une bière?beer belly n → bedaine f (de buveur de bière) beer bottle n → canette f de bièrebeer can n → canette f de bièrebeer garden n (British) → jardin m attenant à un pubbeer glass n → bock mbeer gut beer-gut n (= beer belly) → bedaine f (de buveur de bière)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beer

n → Bier nt; two beers, please → zwei Bier, bitte; life is not all beer and skittles → das Leben ist nicht nur eitel Sonnenschein

beer

in cpds → Bier-;

beer belly

n (inf) → Bierbauch m (inf)

beer bottle

n → Bierflasche f

beer bust

n (US Univ sl: = party) → Bierfete f (inf), → Biersause f (sl); (= drinking spree) → Saufgelage nt (pej inf)

beer can

n → Bierdose f

beer cellar

n → Bierkeller m

beer garden

n (Brit) → Biergarten m

beer glass

n → Bierglas nt

beer gut

n (inf) → Bierbauch m (inf)

beer mat

n (Brit) → Bierdeckel m

beer money

n (inf) → Geld nt → für Getränke; to keep somebody in beer → ein nettes Taschengeld für jdn sein; (extra income) → ein nettes Zubrot für jdn sein

beer-pull

n → Bierpumpengriff m

beer-swilling

adj (pej inf) → Bier saufend (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beer

[bɪəʳ] n → birra

beer

(biə) noun

a type of alcoholic drink made from malted barley flavoured with hops.

small beer

something unimportant. This is small beer compared with his usual work.

beer

→ بِيرَة pivo øl Bier μπίρα cerveza olut bière pivo birra ビール 맥주 bier øl piwo cerveja пиво öl เบียร์ bira bia 啤酒

A draft beer, please (US)
A draught beer, please (UK) → Čepované pivo, prosím → En fadøl, tak → Ein Bier vom Fass, bitte → Una cerveza de barril, por favor → Hanaolut, kiitos → Une pression, s'il vous plaît → Točeno pivo, molim vas → Una birra alla spina, per favore → 生ビールをください → 생맥주 주세요 → Een pilsje alstublieft → En fatøl, takk → Piwo z beczki, proszę → Um chope, por favor → En fatöl, tack → ขอเบียร์สด → Bir çekme bira lütfen → Làm ơn cho một bia hơi → 要一杯生啤酒
Another beer → Ještě jedno pivo → En øl til → Noch ein Bier → Άλλη μια μπίρα → Otra cerveza → Toinen olut → Une autre bière → Još jedno pivo → Un'altra birra → ビールをもう一杯 → 맥주 한 잔 더요 → Nog een pilsje → En øl til → Poproszę jeszcze jedno piwo → Outra cerveja → Еще одно пиво → En öl till → Bir bira daha lütfen → Một bia nữa → 再要一杯啤酒

beer

n cerveza

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