beker

See also: Beker

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium.

Noun

beker (plural bekers, diminutive bekertjie)

1. cup, beaker

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.kər/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ker
• Rhymes: -eːkər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium, probably a diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”). Cognate with English beaker. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

beker m (plural bekers, diminutive bekertje n)

1. beaker, cup, chalice (drinking vessel, often but not always without a handle, generally not made of glass)
2. cup (trophy)

Derived terms

• bekerduel
• bekeren
• bekerplant
• bekertoernooi
• bekerwedstrijd
• drinkbeker
• maatbeker
• melkbeker
• wijnbeker

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: beker
• Negerhollands: beeker
• → Indonesian: beker
• → Papiamentu: beker
• → Sranan Tongo: beiker
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bèker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beker

1. first-person singular present indicative of bekeren
2. imperative of bekeren

Anagrams

• breek, breke

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛkər]
• Hyphenation: bè‧kêr

Etymology 1

From Dutch wekker (“alarm clock”).

Noun

bèkêr (first-person possessive bekerku, second-person possessive bekermu, third-person possessive bekernya)

1. alarm clock

Alternative forms

• weker (informal)

Etymology 2

From Dutch beker, from Middle Dutch beker, from Latin bicarium. Cognate with English beaker.

Noun

bèkêr (first-person possessive bekerku, second-person possessive bekermu, third-person possessive bekernya)

1. beaker, cup, chalice

   Synonym: piala

Further reading

• “beker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.