adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a bear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bearlike
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
beary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.ɹi/
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/ˈbɛɹi/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
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US, dialectal: /ˈbɛə̯ɹi/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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Australian: /ˈbeːɹi/
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New-Zealand: /ˈbeəɹi/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˈbiəɹi/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /ˈbeɹɪ/
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Scotland: /ˈbeɹe/
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/ˈbɜːɹɪ/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɛəɹi
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homophone: Barry
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homophone: berry
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homophone: Berry
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homophone: bury (all only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)
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homophone: beery (cheer–chair merger)
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CMU ARPABET: B IH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A dialect of Malayalam, spoken by Muslim communities in the Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who speaks Beary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From bear + -y.
Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यापारी (vyāpārī).
Borrowed from Irish Ó Béara.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Beary: ಬ್ಯಾರಿ (byāri) — dialect of Malayalam
- Kannada: ಬ್ಯಾರಿ (byāri) — dialect of Malayalam
- Malayalam: ബ്യാരി (byāri) — dialect of Malayalam
- Tamil: பியரி (piyari) — dialect of Malayalam
- Tulu: ಬ್ಯಾರಿ (byāri) — dialect of Malayalam
- Kannada: ಬ್ಯಾರಿ (byāri) — people
- Tamil: பியரி மக்கள் (piyari makkaḷ) — people