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lager en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈlɑɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlɑːɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

Meanings

  1. 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

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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

lager · lágar · làgar

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)

lager en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈlɑɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlɑːɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

Meanings

  1. To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.

Forms

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lagering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lagered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lagered Tense=Past lexicographic
lagers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

ale

lager en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈlɑɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlɑːɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of laager.
    alt of laager

Forms

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lagers Number=Plur lexicographic

lager en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈlɑɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlɑːɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of laager.
    alt of laager

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lagering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lagered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lagered Tense=Past lexicographic
lagers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic