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Meaning of beer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
bɪə/ [bɪː]

Definitions

  1. (cold) beer
  2. An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
    uncountable
  3. One who is or exists.
    nonstandard
  4. An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor
  5. A village in East Devon district, Devon, England.
  6. A surname.
  7. feminine singular of frío
  8. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
    uncountable
  9. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc
  10. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  11. A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
    uncountable
  12. A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid
  13. third-person singular imperative
  14. A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
    countable
  15. A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages
  16. A variety of the above beverages.
    countable
  17. A variety of the above beverages

Equivalents

Afrikaans bier
العربية البيرة بيرة جعة مزر
Azərbaycanca pivə
Беларуская піва
Български би́ра пиво
বাংলা বিয়ার
བོད་སྐད ཆང སྦི་རག
Bosanski bira kali pivo пиво
Català cervesa
Čeština pivo
Cymraeg cwrw
Dansk øl
Deutsch bia Bier
Ελληνικά αφέψημα ζύθος μπίρα μπύρα
Esperanto biero
Eesti kali olu
Euskara garagardo
Français béer Beer bière demi
Gaeilge beoir leann
Gàidhlig leann
Galego cervexa
Hausa giya
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi pia
עברית בירה
Hrvatski bira kali pivo пиво
Magyar sor
Հայերեն գարեջուր
Bahasa Indonesia bir
Íslenska bjór öl
Italiano birra boccale
ქართული ლუდი
Қазақша сыра
ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾರಾಯಿ
한국어 맥주
Кыргызча сыра
Lëtzebuergesch Béier
ລາວ ເບຍ
Lietuvių alus
Latviešu alus
Македонски пиво
മലയാളം ബിയർ
Bahasa Melayu bir
Malti birra
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဗျစ် ဘီယာ
Nederlands bier biertje
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੀਅਰ
Polski piwo
Português cerveja
Română bere
Русский пиво
سنڌي آبجو
සිංහල බීර
Slovenčina pivo
Slovenščina ol pívo
Shqip birrë
Српски bira kali pivo пиво
Sesotho jwala
Svenska öl
Kiswahili bia pombe
தமிழ் பியர்
తెలుగు బీరు సారాయి
ไทย เบียร์
Türkmençe piwo
Tagalog serbesa
Setswana bojalwa
Türkçe bira
Українська пиво
اردو شراب
Oʻzbekcha pivo
Tiếng Việt bia rượu rượu bia
Yorùbá bia

Examples

“Beer is brewed all over the world.”
““[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]””
“I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.”
“Can I buy you a beer?”
“I'd like two beers and a glass of white wine.”
“Pilsner is one of the most commonly served beers in Europe.”
“I haven't tried this beer before.”
“I had two beers yesterday at the restaurant.”
“That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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