ビール
See also: ビル
Japanese
Etymology
| Alternative spelling |
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| 麦酒 (rare) |
Borrowing from Dutch bier.[1][2][3][4][5]
First cited to a text from 1724 with the kanji spelling 麦酒 (literally “barley liquor”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ビール • (bīru)
- [from 1724] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
- Synonyms: (less common) ビヤー (biyā), (only used in compounds) ビヤ (biya), (only used in compounds) ビア (bia)
- 日本麦酒
- Nippon Bīru
- Nippon Beer
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with ビル (biru, “building”).
- The kanji spelling 麦酒 may be found in certain contexts such as beer labels.
Derived terms
- ビールジョッキ (bīru jokki, “(large) beer mug or stein”)
- ビール券 (bīru-ken, “gift certificate for buying beer”)
- 瓶ビール (bin bīru, “bottled beer”)
- 缶ビール (kan-bīru, “canned beer”)
- 生ビール (nama-bīru, “draft beer”)
- ビール腹 (bīru-bara, “beer belly”)
Descendants
- → Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)
- → Hokkien: 米魯 / 米鲁 (bì-lù / bì-luh / bih-luh)
- → Korean: 비르 (bireu)
- → Jeju: 비르 (bireu)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN