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bear/English/adj

2: bear/English/adj: invalid uppercase tag General-Australian not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English adjectives", "English class 4 strong verbs", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English irregular verbs", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic", "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)", "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (pierce)", "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Old English", "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic", "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic", "English terms with homophones", "English uncomparable adjectives", "English uncountable nouns", "English verbs", "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 3 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)", "Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)/1 syllable", "Terms with Danish translations", "Terms with Finnish translations", "Terms with German translations", "Terms with Swedish translations", "en:Pregnancy", "en:Ursids"], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [{"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*bʰerH-", "4": "*bʰerH-", "5": "*ǵʰwer-", "id": "brown", "id2": "pierce"}, "expansion": "", "name": "root"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "bere"}, "expansion": "Middle English bere", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "bera"}, "expansion": "Old English bera", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*berō"}, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *berō", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*berô"}, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *berô", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "fy", "2": "bear"}, "expansion": "West Frisian bear", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "nl", "2": "beer"}, "expansion": "Dutch beer", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "de", "2": "Bär"}, "expansion": "German Bär", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "da", "2": "bjørn"}, "expansion": "Danish bjørn", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "2", "2": "etymology notes"}, "expansion": "etymology notes", "name": "col-top"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*bʰerH-", "t": "shining, brown"}, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“shining, brown”)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "xto", "2": "", "3": "parno"}, "expansion": "Tocharian A parno", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "txb", "2": "", "3": "perne", "t": "radiant, luminous"}, "expansion": "Tocharian B perne (“radiant, luminous”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "lt", "2": "bė́ras", "t": "brown"}, "expansion": "Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "ru", "2": "медве́дь", "lit": "honey-eater", "t": "bear"}, "expansion": "Russian медве́дь (medvédʹ, “bear”, literally “honey-eater”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*ǵʰwer-", "t": "wild animal"}, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”)", "name": "der"}], "etymology_text": "From Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (compare West Frisian bear, Dutch beer, German Bär, Danish bjørn).\netymology notes\nThis is generally taken to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“shining, brown”) (compare Tocharian A parno, Tocharian B perne (“radiant, luminous”), Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”)), related to brown, bruin, and beaver.\nOn this theory, the Germanic languages replaced the older name of the bear, *h₂ŕ̥tḱos, with the epithet \"brown one\", presumably due to taboo avoidance; compare Russian медве́дь (medvédʹ, “bear”, literally “honey-eater”).\nHowever, Ringe (2006:106) doubts the existence of a root *bʰer- meaning \"brown\" (\"an actual PIE word of [the requisite] shape and meaning is not recoverable\") and suggests that a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”) \"should therefore perhaps be preferred\", implying a Germanic merger of *ǵʰw and *gʷʰ (*gʷʰ may sometimes result in Germanic *b, perhaps e.g. in *bidjaną, but it also seems to have given the g in gun and the w in warm).", "head_templates": [{"args": {"1": "-"}, "expansion": "bear (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [{"word": "ursine"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Finance"], "examples": [{"text": "The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "links": [["finance", "finance#Noun"], ["declining", "decline"], ["securities", "securities"], ["markets", "markets"], ["belief", "belief"]], "qualifier": "investments", "raw_glosses": ["(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "tags": ["not-comparable"], "topics": ["business", "finance"]}], "sounds": [{"enpr": "bâr"}, {"ipa": "/bɛə(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛɚ/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "en-us-bear.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg/En-us-bear.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg"}, {"ipa": "/beː/", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "[beː~bɛː]", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈbiːə(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/beə/", "note": "without the cheer–chair merger", "tags": ["New-Zealand"]}, {"ipa": "/biə/", "note": "New Zealand, cheer–chair merger"}, {"ipa": "/beɹ/", "tags": ["Scotland"]}, {"ipa": "/bɜː(ɹ)/", "note": "Lancashire, fair–fur merger"}, {"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"}, {"homophone": "bare"}, {"homophone": "beer (cheer–chair merger)"}, {"homophone": "burr (fair–fur merger)"}, {"ipa": "/bɑɹ/", "tags": ["Southern-US", "colloquial"]}, {"homophone": "bar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"}], "translations": [{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "bjørn"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "lasku-"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "Baisse"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "björn"}], "word": "bear"}
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compare Russian медве́дь (medvédʹ, “bear”, literally “honey-eater”).\nHowever, Ringe (2006:106) doubts the existence of a root *bʰer- meaning \"brown\" (\"an actual PIE word of [the requisite] shape and meaning is not recoverable\") and suggests that a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”) \"should therefore perhaps be preferred\", implying a Germanic merger of *ǵʰw and *gʷʰ (*gʷʰ may sometimes result in Germanic *b, perhaps e.g. in *bidjaną, but it also seems to have given the g in gun and the w in warm).", "head_templates": [{"args": {"1": "-"}, "expansion": "bear (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [{"word": "ursine"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Finance"], "examples": [{"text": "The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "links": [["finance", "finance#Noun"], ["declining", "decline"], ["securities", "securities"], ["markets", "markets"], ["belief", "belief"]], "qualifier": "investments", "raw_glosses": ["(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "tags": ["not-comparable"], "topics": ["business", "finance"]}], "sounds": [{"enpr": "bâr"}, {"ipa": "/bɛə(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛɚ/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "en-us-bear.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg/En-us-bear.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg"}, {"ipa": "/beː/", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "[beː~bɛː]", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈbiːə(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/beə/", "note": "without the cheer–chair merger", "tags": ["New-Zealand"]}, {"ipa": "/biə/", "note": "New Zealand, cheer–chair merger"}, {"ipa": "/beɹ/", "tags": ["Scotland"]}, {"ipa": "/bɜː(ɹ)/", "note": "Lancashire, fair–fur merger"}, {"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"}, {"homophone": "bare"}, {"homophone": "beer (cheer–chair merger)"}, {"homophone": "burr (fair–fur merger)"}, {"ipa": "/bɑɹ/", "tags": ["Southern-US", "colloquial"]}, {"homophone": "bar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"}], "translations": [{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "bjørn"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "lasku-"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "Baisse"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "björn"}], "word": "bear"}
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compare Russian медве́дь (medvédʹ, “bear”, literally “honey-eater”).\nHowever, Ringe (2006:106) doubts the existence of a root *bʰer- meaning \"brown\" (\"an actual PIE word of [the requisite] shape and meaning is not recoverable\") and suggests that a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”) \"should therefore perhaps be preferred\", implying a Germanic merger of *ǵʰw and *gʷʰ (*gʷʰ may sometimes result in Germanic *b, perhaps e.g. in *bidjaną, but it also seems to have given the g in gun and the w in warm).", "head_templates": [{"args": {"1": "-"}, "expansion": "bear (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [{"word": "ursine"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Finance"], "examples": [{"text": "The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "links": [["finance", "finance#Noun"], ["declining", "decline"], ["securities", "securities"], ["markets", "markets"], ["belief", "belief"]], "qualifier": "investments", "raw_glosses": ["(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "tags": ["not-comparable"], "topics": ["business", "finance"]}], "sounds": [{"enpr": "bâr"}, {"ipa": "/bɛə(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛɚ/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "en-us-bear.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg/En-us-bear.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg"}, {"ipa": "/beː/", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "[beː~bɛː]", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈbiːə(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/beə/", "note": "without the cheer–chair merger", "tags": ["New-Zealand"]}, {"ipa": "/biə/", "note": "New Zealand, cheer–chair merger"}, {"ipa": "/beɹ/", "tags": ["Scotland"]}, {"ipa": "/bɜː(ɹ)/", "note": "Lancashire, fair–fur merger"}, {"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"}, {"homophone": "bare"}, {"homophone": "beer (cheer–chair merger)"}, {"homophone": "burr (fair–fur merger)"}, {"ipa": "/bɑɹ/", "tags": ["Southern-US", "colloquial"]}, {"homophone": "bar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"}], "translations": [{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "bjørn"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "lasku-"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "Baisse"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "björn"}], "word": "bear"}
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compare Russian медве́дь (medvédʹ, “bear”, literally “honey-eater”).\nHowever, Ringe (2006:106) doubts the existence of a root *bʰer- meaning \"brown\" (\"an actual PIE word of [the requisite] shape and meaning is not recoverable\") and suggests that a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”) \"should therefore perhaps be preferred\", implying a Germanic merger of *ǵʰw and *gʷʰ (*gʷʰ may sometimes result in Germanic *b, perhaps e.g. in *bidjaną, but it also seems to have given the g in gun and the w in warm).", "head_templates": [{"args": {"1": "-"}, "expansion": "bear (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [{"word": "ursine"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Finance"], "examples": [{"text": "The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "links": [["finance", "finance#Noun"], ["declining", "decline"], ["securities", "securities"], ["markets", "markets"], ["belief", "belief"]], "qualifier": "investments", "raw_glosses": ["(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall."], "tags": ["not-comparable"], "topics": ["business", "finance"]}], "sounds": [{"enpr": "bâr"}, {"ipa": "/bɛə(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(ɹ)/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛɚ/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "en-us-bear.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg/En-us-bear.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-bear.ogg"}, {"ipa": "/beː/", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "[beː~bɛː]", "tags": ["General-Australian"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈbiːə(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/bɛː(r)/", "tags": ["India"]}, {"ipa": "/beə/", "note": "without the cheer–chair merger", "tags": ["New-Zealand"]}, {"ipa": "/biə/", "note": "New Zealand, cheer–chair merger"}, {"ipa": "/beɹ/", "tags": ["Scotland"]}, {"ipa": "/bɜː(ɹ)/", "note": "Lancashire, fair–fur merger"}, {"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"}, {"homophone": "bare"}, {"homophone": "beer (cheer–chair merger)"}, {"homophone": "burr (fair–fur merger)"}, {"ipa": "/bɑɹ/", "tags": ["Southern-US", "colloquial"]}, {"homophone": "bar stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"}], "translations": [{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "bjørn"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "lasku-"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "Baisse"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "finance: characterized by falling prices", "word": "björn"}], "word": "bear"}
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