Birne
German (Berlin)
/ˈbɪrnə/
noun
Definitions
- pear
- lightbulb
- (colloquial) head, bonce, noggin
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German bire derived from Old High German bira derived from Latin pira, pirum (pear, a pear).
Origin
Latin
pirum
Gloss
pear, a pear
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
梨
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pear English
- pear cider English
- pear tree English
- pear wine English
- pearless English
- pearlike English
- pearwood English
- peary English
- *pira Latin
- *piratum Latin
- pira Latin
- pirarius Latin
- pirum Latin
- Abbruch German
- Abbruchbirne German
- Abriss German
- Abrissbirne German
- Baum German
- Birnbaum German
- Butter German
- Butterbirne German
- Erdbirne German
- Erde German
- Glühbirne German
- Grund German
- Grundbirne German
- birnenförmig German
- glühen German
- krumpli Hungarian
- päron Swedish
- pere Old English
- peru Old English
- pere Middle English
- pera Old Norse
- krumpir Serbo-Croatian
- кромпир Serbo-Croatian
- ลูกแพร์ Thai
- แพร์ Thai
- pêr Welsh
- pere Middle Dutch
- pēre Middle Dutch
- bira Old High German
- bir Middle High German
- bire Middle High German
- Bir Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- pirn Estonian
- pirnipuu Estonian
- 啤梨 Chinese
- компир Macedonian
- pär Westrobothnian
- krompir Slovene
- pair Romansh
- peir Romansh
- pér Romansh
- piruç Friulian
- bün Volapük
- ipere Xhosa
- Bir Central Franconian
- grumper Bavarian