a funeral bier (sense 1) FromMiddle English beer beere bere Old English bēr ( West Saxon ) bǣr ( “ stretcher, bier ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *bāru Proto-Germanic *bērō Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ( “ to carry, bear ” ) .
Cognate withSaterland Frisian Beere ( “ stretcher, bier ” ) ,Dutch baar ( “ bier ” ) ,German Bahre ( “ bier, stretcher ” ) . More atbear
bier (plural biers
Alitter to transport thecorpse of adead person.c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene v] :They bore him bare-faced on thebier .
Aplatform orstand where a body orcoffin is placed.1971 The early Chiang Kai-shek: A STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, 1887-1924 [1] Columbia University Press , page1 On April 5, 1925, Chiang Kai-shek returned from the First Eastern Expedition to the Whampoa Military Academy to officiate at a funeral service for Sun Yat-sen, who had died in Peking on March 12. Huang Chi-lu, then a young professor of political science at the University of Kwangtung and destined to become director of the Kuomintang Archives some forty years later, has informed us of the display of strong emotion evidenced by Chiang on this occasion: "The service was officiated by Mr. Chiang and Liao Chung-k'ai and was attended by over four thousand officers, cadets, and soldiers. As the funeral ceremonies began, Mr. Chiang, unable to control himself, wept bitterly and audibly, causing all in the assembly to shed tears."¹ Three years later, at the conclusion of the Northern Expedition, a similarly melodramatic scene unfolded before the eyes of the public as Chiang visited Sun'sbier in the suburbs of Peking.
A count of fortythreads in thewarp orchain of woollen cloth.[ 1] litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
Arabic:جَنَازَة (ar) f ( janāza ) Czech:máry (cs) f pl Dutch:baar (nl) f lijkbaar (nl) f Finnish:ruumispaarit (fi) pl French:civière (fr) Galician:escano (gl) m cadaleito m German:Bahre (de) f Greek:Ancient Greek:φέρετρον n ( phéretron ) Hindi:अरथी (hi) f ( arthī ) Indonesian:kereta mayat (id) Irish:cróchar m Italian:barella (it) ,catafalco (it) m Macedonian:но́сило n ( nósilo ) ,катафа́лка f ( katafálka ) Malay:pedati jenazah Māori:puhirere ( for an important person ) ,atamira Odia:କୋକେଇ (or) ( kokei ) ,କକୁଆ (or) ( kakuā ) ,ଛଖଣ୍ଡ (or) ( chakhaṇḍa ) ,ବାଜ୍ଖଟ୍ (or) ( bājkhaṭ ) ,ଛଡ଼ାଙ୍ଗିଆ (or) ( chaṛāṅgiā ) ,ଶବରଥ ( śabaratha ) Polish:mary (pl) Romanian:năsălie (ro) f Russian:похоронные носи́лки (ru) ( nosílki ) Scottish Gaelic:giùlan m Serbo-Croatian:katafalk (sh) m barela (sh) f pogrebna kolica n pl Spanish:camilla (es) ,parihuelas (es) ,angarillas (es) f pl Swahili:jeneza (sw) Swedish:bår (sv) c Tagalog:patungan ng kabaong Tamil:பாடை (ta) ( pāṭai ) ,பிணக்கட்டில் (ta) ( piṇakkaṭṭil ) Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:تسكره ( teskere ) ,جنازه ( cenaze ) Welsh:elor f
platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
FromDutch bier Middle Dutch bier Old Dutch bier Proto-Germanic *beuzą ( “ beer ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰews- ( “ dross ” ) .
bier (plural biere diminutive biertjie
beer ( alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material ) ( countable ) serving ofbeer FromDutch bier Middle Dutch bier Old Dutch bier Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ ( “ beer ” ) .
bier m
beer bier c
indefinite plural ofbi bier
present ofbie FromMiddle Dutch bier Old Dutch bier Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Proto-Germanic *beuzą ( “ beer ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰews- ( “ dross ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /bir/ ,[biːr] Hyphenation:bier Rhymes:-ir bier n plural bieren diminutive biertje n
( uncountable ) beer ( alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material ) Het is hier nu vooral feest enbier drinken. Here it's mostly partying and drinkingbeer . ( countable , usually in the diminutive) serving ofbeer ( countable ) variety ofbeer Afrikaans:bier Negerhollands:bier → Breton:bier → Caribbean Hindustani:bir → Caribbean Javanese:bir → Malay:bir → Japanese:ビール ( bīru ) → Hakka:啤露 ( pi-lú ) → Hokkien:米魯 / 米鲁 ( bì-lù / bì-luh / bih-luh ) → Korean:비르 ( bireu ) → Jeju:비르 ( bireu ) → Javanese:ꦧꦶꦂ ( bir ) → Sranan Tongo:biri FromOld Dutch bier Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Proto-Germanic *beuzą
bier n
beer Strong neuter noun singular plural nominative bier bier ,biere accusative bier bier ,biere genitive biers biere dative biere bieren
Dutch:bier see there for further descendants ) Limburgish:beer → Middle French:biere bier m or f
indefinite plural ofbie bier f
indefinite plural ofbie Seebjēr
bier f plural biern
berry FromOld Frisian biār Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Proto-Germanic *beuzą
bier n plural bieren diminutive bierke
beer “bier (I) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 FromOld Frisian bēre Proto-West Germanic *bāru
bier n plural bieren
Abier ( litter ) . “bier (II) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 
