beber

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Betekenis

(transitive) to drink
(figuratively,transitive) to draw from (to be inspired by)

Frequentie

Met koppelteken als

be‧ber

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/beˈbeɾ/

Etymologie

From Old Spanish bever, inherited from Latin bibere, bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti. Cognate with Portuguese beber, Italian bere, French boire, Romanian bea. The modern spelling with intervocalic ⟨b⟩ replacing medieval ⟨v⟩ is due to Latin influence.