ビール

See also: ビル

Japanese
ビール (bīru): a glass of beer.

Etymology
Alternative spelling
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) 

  1. [from 1724] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
    日(にっ)本(ぽん)麦酒(ビール)
    Nippon Bīru
    Nippon Beer
    Synonyms: (less common) ビヤー (biyā), (only used in compounds) ビヤ (biya), (only used in compounds) ビア (bia)

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
Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)
  • → Korean: 비르 (bireu)
  • → Min Nan: bì-lù, bì-luh, bih-luh
  • → Jeju: 비르 (bireu)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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