beer
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley maltAn alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
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» Do you have any light beer?
Haben Sie helles Bier? — maaster
У Вас есть светлое пиво? — o_my_gosh
У Вас є світле пиво? — ChickenKiev
У тебе є світле пиво? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(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.
Beer is brewed all over the world.
Bier, Bier, bia
пи́воpívo
пи́воpývo
(uncountable)A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
(uncountable)A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
(countable)A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.
Can I buy you a beer?
Bier
пивоpívo
пи́воpývo
(countable)A variety of the above beverages.
Pilsner is one of the most commonly served beers in Europe.
I haven't tried this beer before.
(nonstandard)One who is or exists.
- a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
Examples
1850 sentencesDo you have any light beer?
У Вас є світле пиво? — ChickenKiev
ruУ Вас есть светлое пиво? — o_my_gosh
deHaben Sie helles Bier? — maaster
I really feel like a beer.
Не відмовився би від пива. — ascolto
What about a glass of beer?
Як щодо келиха пива? — deniko
ruКак насчёт кружки пива? — shanghainese
deWie wäre es mit einem Glas Bier? — Kerstin
This beer is not cold enough.
Це пиво недостатньо холодне. — deniko
ruЭто пиво недостаточно холодное. — soweli_Elepanto
I can't drink any more beer.
Я вже не можу пити пиво. — aandrusiak
ruЯ больше не могу пить пиво. — Balamax
deIch kann kein Bier mehr trinken. — Esperantostern
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English ber, bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, exFrom Middle English ber, 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 *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”.
From Middle English beere, equivalent to be + -er.
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Forms
plural: beersSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
143 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- drink beer
- bottle of beer
- another beer
- case of beer
- glass of beer
- can of beer
- drinking a beer
- to drink beer
- how much beer
- any more beer
- lot of beer
- beer in the
See also
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