beaker

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• UK: /ˈbiːkə(ɹ)/
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• US: /ˈbiːkɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B IY1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English bekyr, biker, from Old Norse bikarr (“cup”), from Old Saxon bikeri (“cup”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikārī, from Late Latin bīcārium (“wine vat, jug”), of disputed origin. Possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “earthenware jug, wine jar”), or from Latin bacarium (“wine vat, vase”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bieker (“mug, cup, beaker”), Dutch beker (“beaker, cup”), German Becher (“beaker, cup, goblet”), Danish bæger (“beaker”), Italian bicchiere (“cup, glass (for drink)”). Doublet of pitcher.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лабораторна чаша (laboratorna čaša) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Catalan: vas de precipitats — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 燒杯 /烧杯 (shāobēi) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Danish: bægerglas — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Dutch: bekerglas — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Finnish: dekantterilasi — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Finnish: keitinlasi — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• French: bécher — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• North Frisian: baager — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Galician: vaso — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• German: Becherglas — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Hungarian: főzőpohár — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Indonesian: gelas piala — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Irish: eascra — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Italian: bicchiere — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Italian: becher — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Japanese: ビーカー (bīkā) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Kannada: ಚುಂಚುಪಾತ್ರೆ (cuñcupātre) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Korean: 비커 (bikeo) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Macedonian: мензу́ра (menzúra) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Malay: bikar — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: begerglass — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: begerglas — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Persian: بشر (bešer) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Polish: zlewka — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Portuguese: béquer — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Portuguese: gobelé — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Russian: стака́н (stakán) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Russian: мензу́рка (menzúrka) — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Slovene: čaša — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Spanish: vaso de precipitación — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Spanish: vaso de precipitados — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Spanish: matraz — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Swedish: bägare — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Tagalog: lumbo — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Welsh: bicer — flat-bottomed laboratory vessel
• Bulgarian: ча́ша (čáša) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Bulgarian: стака́н (stakán) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Dutch: beker — drinking vessel without a handle
• Finnish: muki — drinking vessel without a handle
• French: gobelet — drinking vessel without a handle
• North Frisian: baager — drinking vessel without a handle
• Galician: vaso — drinking vessel without a handle
• German: Becher — drinking vessel without a handle
• Ancient Greek: δέπας (dépas) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Hebrew: גָבִיעַ (gavía) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Irish: bíocar — drinking vessel without a handle
• Latin: obba — drinking vessel without a handle
• Macedonian: ча́ша (čáša) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Norwegian: beger — drinking vessel without a handle
• Norwegian: krus — drinking vessel without a handle
• Polish: kubek — drinking vessel without a handle
• Russian: стака́н (stakán) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Russian: пиа́ла (piála) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Russian: ку́бок (kúbok) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Russian: ча́ша (čáša) — drinking vessel without a handle
• Swedish: mugg — drinking vessel without a handle
• Bulgarian: кана (kana) — mug
• Dutch: beker — mug
• Dutch: mok — mug
• Dutch: tas — mug
• Finnish: muki — mug
• North Frisian: baager — mug
• Galician: pichel — mug
• German: Becher — mug
• Hebrew: ספל (sefel) — mug
• Irish: muga — mug
• Macedonian: бо́кал (bókal) — mug
• Macedonian: ка́на (kána) — mug
• Polish: kubek — mug
• Russian: кру́жка (krúžka) — mug
• Swedish: mugg — mug
• Welsh: mẁg — mug