noun
Meaning 1
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
lager
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːɡə/
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General-American: /ˈlɑɡɚ/
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rhymes with -ɑːɡə(ɹ)
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homophone: laager
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homophone: logger (father-bother merger)
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CMU ARPABET: L AA1 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of laager.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 3
To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
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verb
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of laager.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: laager
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Broader terms: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac
noun
Meaning 6
a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lager beer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beer
Narrower terms: Munich beer, Munchener, bock, bock beer, light beer, Oktoberfest, Octoberfest, Pilsner, Pilsener, malt, malt liquor
History
Etymology
From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 拉格啤酒 (lāgé píjiǔ) — type of beer
- Chinese Mandarin: 窖藏啤酒 (jiàocáng píjiǔ) — type of beer
- Czech: ležák — type of beer
- Finnish: lager — type of beer
- Finnish: pohjahiivaolut — type of beer
- German: Lager — type of beer
- Irish: lágar — type of beer
- Korean: 하면발효맥주 (hamyeonbalhyomaekju) — type of beer
- Macedonian: ла́гер (láger) — type of beer
- Polish: lager — type of beer
- Portuguese: lager — type of beer
- Russian: ла́гер (láger) — type of beer
- Scottish Gaelic: làgar — type of beer
- Swedish: lageröl — type of beer
- Swedish: lager — type of beer
- Welsh: lager — type of beer
Real reading context