beker

See also: Beker

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.

Noun

beker (plural bekers, diminutive bekertjie)

  1. cup, beaker

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeː.kər/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧ker
  • Rhymes: -eːkər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium, probably a diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, amphora). Cognate with English beaker. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

beker m (plural bekers, diminutive bekertje n)

  1. beaker, cup, chalice (drinking vessel, often but not always without a handle, generally not made of glass)
  2. cup (trophy)
    Synonym: cup
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: beker
  • Negerhollands: beeker
  • Indonesian: beker
  • Papiamentu: beker
  • Sranan Tongo: beiker
    • Caribbean Javanese: bèker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beker

  1. inflection of bekeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbekər/ [ˈbe.kər]
  • Rhymes: -ekər
  • Syllabification: be‧ker

Etymology 1

From Dutch wekker.

Alternative forms

Noun

bekêr

  1. (dialectal) alarm clock

Etymology 2

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.

Noun

bekêr

  1. beaker, cup, chalice
    Synonym: piala

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