bier

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• UK: /bɪə/
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• US: /bɪɚ/
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• homophone: beer
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• homophone: bere
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• homophone: bear (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger)
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: B IY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَنَازَة (janāza) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Czech: máry — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Dutch: baar — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Dutch: lijkbaar — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Finnish: ruumispaarit — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• French: civière — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Galician: escano — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Galician: cadaleito — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• German: Bahre — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Ancient Greek: φέρετρον (phéretron) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Hindi: अरथी (arthī) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Indonesian: kereta mayat — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Irish: cróchar — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Italian: barella — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Italian: catafalco — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Macedonian: но́сило (nósilo) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Macedonian: катафа́лка (katafálka) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Malay: pedati jenazah — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Māori: puhirere — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Māori: atamira — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Odia: କୋକେଇ (kokei) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Odia: କକୁଆ (kakuā) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Odia: ଛଖଣ୍ଡ (chakhaṇḍa) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Odia: ବାଜ୍ଖଟ୍ (bājkhaṭ) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Odia: ଛଡ଼ାଙ୍ଗିଆ (chaṛāṅgiā) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Odia: ଶବରଥ (śabaratha) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Polish: mary — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Romanian: năsălie — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Russian: похоронные носи́лки (nosílki) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: katafalk — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: barela — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: pogrebna kolica — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Spanish: camilla — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Spanish: parihuelas — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Spanish: angarillas — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Swahili: jeneza — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Swedish: bår — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Tagalog: patungan ng kabaong — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Tamil: பாடை (pāṭai) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Tamil: பிணக்கட்டில் (piṇakkaṭṭil) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Ottoman Turkish: تسكره (teskere) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Ottoman Turkish: جنازه (cenaze) — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Welsh: elor — litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
• Czech: katafalk — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Finnish: katafalkki — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• French: catafalque — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• French: lit mortuaire — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Galician: catafalco — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Hungarian: ravatal — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Italian: catafalco — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Macedonian: о́дар (ódar) — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Polish: katafalk — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Romanian: catafalc — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Russian: катафа́лк (katafálk) — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Serbo-Croatian: katafalk — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Spanish: catafalco — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Swedish: katafalk — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Ottoman Turkish: جنازه (cenâze, cinâze) — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
• Welsh: elor — platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed