English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /beə(r)/
• SAMPA : /be@(r)/

Homophones

• bare

Etymology

From Middle English bere from Old English bera ; related to Old English brun meaning brown.

Noun

bear (plural bears )

1. A large carnivorous mammal, related to the dog and racoon, having shaggy hair, very small tails and flat feet.
2. A bear, or any of various animals that resemble a bear, including koalas, pandas and sloths.
3. An investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices.
4. (colloquial) A problem that is very difficult to solve.
5. A large hairy man, especially one who is gay.

Translations

large mammal

animal resembling a bear

investor

difficult problem

large hairy man

To be checked and entered into appropriate table(s) (numbering could be wrong):

• Bulgarian: борсов спекулант m (2), проблем m (3)
• Swedish: björn c (4)

Related terms

• bear grass
• bear hug
• bear market
• black bear
• brown bear
• Great Bear
• grizzly bear
• koala bear
• kodiak bear
• Little Bear
• panda bear
• polar bear
• teddy bear

Adjective

bear

1. (finance) A market in which prices are falling.

See also

• bull

Etymology

From Middle English beren meaning carry and bring forth. The Old English root beran is related to Old High German beran meaning carry, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (baíran), Latin ferre, and Greek φέρειν (pherein). These derive from the Proto-Indo European root *bher .

Transitive verb

bear, past tense bore, past participle borne

1. carry (something).
2. be equipped (with something).

   the right to bear arms

3. declare (testimony).

   The jury could see he was bearing false witness

4. put up with (something).

Translations

carry

be equipped

declare

put up with

To check and enter into appropriate table(s) (numbering could be wrong):

• Bulgarian: нося (1)
• Dutch: dragen (1, 4), ondergaan ( ), afleggen (3), torsen (4)
• Finnish: kantaa (1, 4), kannattaa (4)
• Indonesian: menunjukkan , membawa , bersaksi , memberikan kesaksian
• Latin: ferre
• Polish: nosić (1, 2), składać (3), unieść (4)
• Swedish: äga , ha (2)
• Spanish: llevar (1), portar (2), atestiguar (3)

See also

• bear down
• bear down on
• bear out
• bear up

Transitive verb

bear, past tense bore, past participle born

1. give birth to (someone or something)
2. produce or yield (fruit)

Translations

give birth to

produce

To check and then enter into the appropriate table(s) (numbering could be wrong)

• Bulgarian: раждам (1)
• Czech: porodit
• Dutch: dragen (2), baren (1)
• Indonesian: melahirkan , membuahkan (2), menghasilkan (2)
• Esperanto: naskigi
• Polish: urodzić
• Slovak: porodiť
• Swedish: föda (1), bära (2)

Related terms

• bear fruit

Intransitive verb

to bear

1. (nautical) To be in a specific direction from the observer's position
   • The harbour bears NE by N

Frisian

Noun

bear

1. bear