lager en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
Meanings
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A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lagers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
bitter · porter · pilsner · lambic · stout · ale · weissbier
Deriveds
cooking lager · lagerita · superlagerlagered up · lager-beer · lagering · lagery · lagerlike · lager-conditioned · lager top · lagerphone · lager lout
Descendants
Translations (16)
cmn 拉格啤酒 (type of beer) · fi lager (type of beer) · ru ла́гер (type of beer) · de Lager (type of beer) · pl lager (type of beer) · cy lager (type of beer) · cmn 窖藏啤酒 (type of beer) · fi pohjahiivaolut (type of beer) · mk ла́гер (type of beer) · gd làgar (type of beer) · cs ležák (type of beer) · ko 하면발효맥주 (type of beer) · pt lager (type of beer) · ga lágar (type of beer) · sv lager (type of beer) · sv lageröl (type of beer)