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See also: Becher, bécher, and bêcher

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish בעכער (bekher, “goblet”). Doublet of beaker and pitcher.

Noun

becher

  1. A kiddush cup

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

becher

  1. inflection of bechern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From English or German.

Pronunciation

Noun

becher m (invariable)

  1. (chemistry) beaker

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Becher (“beaker”). Compare Silesian becher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.xɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛxɛr
  • Syllabification: be‧cher

Noun

becher m inan (diminutive bacherk)

  1. chalice
    Synonyms: czelëch, bôlka, czasza, (archaic) kùmka

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “bechier”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “czasza”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “becher”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”).

Noun

becher m (plural becheri)

  1. bachelor

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Becher (“beaker”). Compare Kashubian becher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.xɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛxɛr
  • Syllabification: be‧cher

Noun

becher m inan

  1. goblet (drinking vessel with a foot and stem)
    • 2018, Waldemar Szymczyk, editor, 9292‎, →ISBN, archived from the original on 12 November 2022, page 80:
      I ledwo to wypedzioł, w lufcie ukozały sie dwa bechery z dobrom gorzołom.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (sports) cup (trophy in the shape of an oversized cup)
  3. (sports) cup (contest for which a cup is awarded)
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