Bear

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 1.1 Homophones 2 Etymology 3 Noun 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Related terms 3.4 Translations 4 Etymology 5 Verb 5.5 Translations 5.6 See also 6 Verb 6.7 Translations 7 Frisian 8 Noun

Pronunciation

• bare

Noun

1. large carnivorous mammal, related to the dog and racoon families. Bears have long shaggy hair, very small tails, and flat feet. They like to feed on fruits and insects as well as fish and meat.
2. an animals resembling bears such as koalas and pandas
3. an investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices
4. a problem that is very difficult to solve
5. slang for large hairy man, partically a gay man.

1. (financial) a market in which prices are falling (compare bull)

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

• Albanian: ari m, ariu
• Basque: hartz (1)
• Belarusian: мядзведзь
• Breton: arzh m -ed pl
• Bulgarian: мечка f (1), борсов спекулант m (2), проблем m (3)
• Catalan: ós m (1)
• Chinese: 魋 (1)
• Chumash (Inezeño): xus
• Czech: medvěd m
• Danish: bjørn (1)
• Dutch: beer m (1), berin f (1)
• Esperanto: urso (1)
• Estonian: karu (1)
• Faroese: bjørn (1)
• Finnish: karhu (1), pörssikeinottelija (2)
• French: ours m (1)
• Frisian: bear (1)
• Friulian: ors (1)
• Gallegan: oso (1)
• German: Bär m (1), Baissier m (2)
• Greek: αρκούδα καστανή, arktos (ancient)
• Hebrew: דוב m
• Hungarian: medve (1)
• Icelandic: björn (1)
• Indonesian: beruang (1)
• Interlingua: urso (1)
• Inuktitut: nanuk (1)
• Irish: béar donn (1)
• Italian: orso (1)
• Japanese: 熊 (くま, kuma)
• Ladin: lors
• Latin: ursus m, ursa f
• Latvian: lācis (1)
• Lithuanian: lokys (1)
• Macedonian: мечка (mečka) (1)
• Maltese: ors m
• Mongolian: баавгай (baavgai)
• Norwegian: bjørn (1)
• Occitan: ors (1)
• Polish: niedźwiedź m, miś m (colloq)
• Portuguese: urso (1)
• Romanian: urs (1)
• Romansh: urs (1)
• Romany: rish m, rishni f
• Russian: медведь (medved')
• Sami: guovža
• Sardinian: ursu, ůssulu
• Scottish: mathan
• Serbian: медвед (medved)
• Slovak: medveď m
• Spanish: oso m (1)
• Swedish: björn c (1, 4)
• Turkish: ayı (1)
• Ukrainian: ведмідь (vedmid')
• Volapük: ber (1)
• Welsh: arth

Verb

1. to carry something,
2. to be equipped with something
3. to declare testimony

   The jury could see he was bearing false witness

4. to sustain a weight, to put up with something

• 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: fero
• Polish: nosić (1,2), składać (3), unieść (4)
• Swedish: bära (1, 2); äga, ha (2); tåla, uthärda (4)

  (to) bear testimony (3): (att) vittna

• Spanish: llevar (1), portar (2), atestiguar (3)

1. to give birth to someone
2. to produce fruitage

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

Frisian