birra

English

Contraction

birra

1. (UK, dialect, informal) Contraction of bit of.
   • 2011, Kate Rigby, Suckers n Scallies:

     All the screaming in the night that gets in your head and it's not like you're getting your end away no more neither cause she's too shagged for fancy knickers and a birra cut and thrust, now that you've got the kid.

Related terms

• birrova

See also

• berra
• gerra
• gorra
• lorra
• norra
• worra

 

Anagrams

• Briar, Ribar, briar

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbirːɑ/, [ˈbirːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -irːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): bir‧ra

Noun

birra (slang)

1. beer

Declension

Inflection of birra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		birra	birrat
genitive		birran	birrojen
partitive		birraa	birroja
illative		birraan	birroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		birra	birrat
accusative	nom.	birra	birrat
	gen.	birran
genitive		birran	birrojen birrain rare
partitive		birraa	birroja
inessive		birrassa	birroissa
elative		birrasta	birroista
illative		birraan	birroihin
adessive		birralla	birroilla
ablative		birralta	birroilta
allative		birralle	birroille
essive		birrana	birroina
translative		birraksi	birroiksi
abessive		birratta	birroitta
instructive		—	birroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of birra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative birrani birrani accusative nom. birrani birrani gen. birrani genitive birrani birrojeni birraini rare partitive birraani birrojani inessive birrassani birroissani elative birrastani birroistani illative birraani birroihini adessive birrallani birroillani ablative birraltani birroiltani allative birralleni birroilleni essive birranani birroinani translative birrakseni birroikseni abessive birrattani birroittani instructive — — comitative — birroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative birrasi birrasi accusative nom. birrasi birrasi gen. birrasi genitive birrasi birrojesi birraisi rare partitive birraasi birrojasi inessive birrassasi birroissasi elative birrastasi birroistasi illative birraasi birroihisi adessive birrallasi birroillasi ablative birraltasi birroiltasi allative birrallesi birroillesi essive birranasi birroinasi translative birraksesi birroiksesi abessive birrattasi birroittasi instructive — — comitative — birroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative birramme birramme accusative nom. birramme birramme gen. birramme genitive birramme birrojemme birraimme rare partitive birraamme birrojamme inessive birrassamme birroissamme elative birrastamme birroistamme illative birraamme birroihimme adessive birrallamme birroillamme ablative birraltamme birroiltamme allative birrallemme birroillemme essive birranamme birroinamme translative birraksemme birroiksemme abessive birrattamme birroittamme instructive — — comitative — birroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative birranne birranne accusative nom. birranne birranne gen. birranne genitive birranne birrojenne birrainne rare partitive birraanne birrojanne inessive birrassanne birroissanne elative birrastanne birroistanne illative birraanne birroihinne adessive birrallanne birroillanne ablative birraltanne birroiltanne allative birrallenne birroillenne essive birrananne birroinanne translative birraksenne birroiksenne abessive birrattanne birroittanne instructive — — comitative — birroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative birransa birransa accusative nom. birransa birransa gen. birransa genitive birransa birrojensa birrainsa rare partitive birraansa birrojaan birrojansa inessive birrassaan birrassansa birroissaan birroissansa elative birrastaan birrastansa birroistaan birroistansa illative birraansa birroihinsa adessive birrallaan birrallansa birroillaan birroillansa ablative birraltaan birraltansa birroiltaan birroiltansa allative birralleen birrallensa birroilleen birroillensa essive birranaan birranansa birroinaan birroinansa translative birrakseen birraksensa birroikseen birroiksensa abessive birrattaan birrattansa birroittaan birroittansa instructive — — comitative — birroineen birroinensa

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

birra

1. leaf

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbir.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -irra
• Hyphenation: bìr‧ra

Noun

birra f (plural birre)

1. beer

   Mi piace la birra. ― I like beer.

2. beer, glass of beer

   Vuoi una birra? ― Do you want a beer?

Related terms

• a tutta birra (“at full speed; flat out; at full tilt”)
• birraio (“brewer, beer seller”)
• birrario (“beer”) (relational)
• birreria (“pub, brewpub, alehouse, brewery”)
• birretta (“beer”) (colloquial)
• birrificio (“brewery”)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: بيرة (bīra)
• → Egyptian Arabic: بيرة (bīra)
• → Moroccan Arabic: بيرة (bīrra)
• → Cimbrian: bira
• → Greek: μπίρα (bíra)
• → Maltese: birra
• → Portuguese: birra
• → Spanish: birra
• → Ottoman Turkish: بیرا (bira)
  • Turkish: bira
  • → Armenian: պիրա (pira)
• → Venetan: bira
  • → Cimbrian: biira

Anagrams

• barri, barrì

Latin

Etymology

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbir.ra/, [ˈbɪrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbir.ra/, [ˈbirːä]

Noun

birra f (genitive birrae); first declension

1. (New Latin) beer

   Synonym: biria

   • 1557, Scaliger, Iulius Caesar, Exotericarum exercitationum Liber XV, de subtilitate, ad Hieronymum Cardanum, section 87, pages 320–322:
   • 1557, Scaliger, Iulius Caesar, Exotericarum exercitationum Liber XV, de subtilitate, ad Hieronymum Cardanum, section 153.5, pages 524–525:

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	birra	birrae
genitive	birrae	birrārum
dative	birrae	birrīs
accusative	birram	birrās
ablative	birrā	birrīs
vocative	birra	birrae

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, from Old High German bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪr.ra/

Noun

birra f (plural birer)

1. beer

Related terms

• birrajja (birrerija)
• birrar

 

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pirë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpirra/

Adverb

birra

1. around

Ambiposition

birra

1. around
2. about, concerning

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ʁɐ/ [ˈbi.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ʁɐ/ [ˈbi.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ʁɐ/ [ˈbi.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ʁa/ [ˈbi.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: bir‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish birria, from Vulgar Latin *verrea, from verres (“boar”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

birra f (plural birras)

1. temper tantrum, hissy fit

   Synonyms: embirração, embirra, pirraça

2. (uncountable) obstinacy (state of stubbornness)

   Synonym: teimosia

Related terms

• birrado
• birrar
• birrento
• embirra
• embirração
• embirrado
• embirrança
• embirrância
• embirrante
• embirrar
• embirrativo
• embirrento
• embirrinchar

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian birra

Noun

birra f (plural birras)

1. (Angola, Portugal, colloquial) beer

   Synonym: cerveja

Etymology 3

Verb

birra

1. inflection of birrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sardinian

Etymology

From Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbirra/

Noun

birra f (plural birras)

1. beer

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʐ.ʐa/
• Hyphenation: bìr‧ra

Noun

birra f (plural birri)

1. beer
2. beer, a glass of beer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, itself borrowed from German Bier (“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbira/ [ˈbi.ra]
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: bi‧rra

Noun

birra f (plural birras)

1. (Argentina) beer

   Synonyms: cerveza, biela (Ecuador), chela (Mexico), rubia

Further reading

• “birra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• bĭrɑ

Noun

birra

1. back
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes

     bĭrɑ, mɑ̄r, gɑ́rbɑ back (different parts of)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 34

     Back .... .... .... birra.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

birra

1. tired
   • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language

     Birra—tired, fatigued.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)