bears

See also: Bears

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɛɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɛəz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹz, -ɛəz
• Homophone: bares

Noun

bears

1. plural of bear

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Verb

bears

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bear

Anagrams

• BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, Saber, bares, barse, baser, besra, braes, rabes, saber, sabre

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪə̯s/

Noun

bears c (plural bearzen, diminutive bearske)

1. bass, perch (fish)

Further reading

• “bears”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011