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Pronunciation
a|RP /�bi�v�/, /<tt>"bi:v@</tt>/
a|US b�ʹv�r, /�bi�v�/, /<tt>"bi:v@`</tt>/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�v�(r)|-i�v�(r)
Homophones
Belvoir
bever
Etymology 1
Image:Biber-drawing.jpg|thumb|Beavers
Old English beofor, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch bever, German Biber.
Noun
en-noun|pl2=beaver
- An aquatic mammal of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.
- context|coarse|slang The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.
Derived terms
American beaver
European beaver
Related terms
eager beaver
See also
Appendix: Animals
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Derived terms)
trans-top|aquatic mammal
Albanian: kastori
Basque: kastore
Belarusian: бабе� m
Bosnian: dabar m
Breton: avank eurazia
Bulgarian: боб�� (bober) m
Catalan: castor
Cherokee: �� (doya)
Chinese: æµ·ç�¸ (hÇ�ilÃ)
Croatian: dabar m
Czech: bobr m
Danish: bæver
Dutch: bever m
Esperanto: kastoro
Estonian: kobras, piiber (archaic)
Faroese: bævur
Finnish: majava
French: castor m, bièvre m (archaic)
Frisian: bever
Friulian: castôr
Galician: castor
German: Biber m
Greek: κά��ο�α� m
Hungarian: hód
Icelandic: bifur
Irish: béabhar
Italian: castoro m
Japanese: ���� (bīb�)
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Ladin: castour
Latin: castor m <!--do not put the scientific name here-->
Latvian: bebrs m
Lithuanian: bẽbras m
Lower Sorbian: bobr
Macedonian: даба� (dabar) m
Maltese: bijver m
Norwegian: bever m
Occitan: vibre
Polish: bóbr m
Portuguese: castor m
Romanian: castor
Romansh: castur
Romany: vidroy m vidra f
Russian: боб� (bobr) m
Sami: mádjit
Sardinian: castorru, castoro
Scottish Gaelic: leas-leathann, biobhair
Serbian:
:*Cyrillic: даба� m
:*Roman: dabar m
Slovak: bobor m
Slovenian: bober m
Spanish: castor m
Swedish: bäver
Turkish: kastor, kunduz
Ukrainian: бобе� (bober) m
Upper Sorbian: bobr
Welsh: afanc, llostlydan
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trans-top|coarse slang: pubic hair/vulva of a woman
Czech: bobr m
Finnish: karvakolmio, vittu
French: chatte f, foufoune|(fou)foune f, minou m
trans-mid
German: Bär
Italian: figa f
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ttbc|Estonian: piiber in sexual sense?
Etymology 2
From Old French baviere, originally �child's bib�, from baver �slaver�.
Noun
en-noun
- italbrac|obsolete except historical or heraldry The lower face-guard of a helmet.
#:*1819: Without alighting from his horse, the conqueror called for a bowl of wine, and opening the beaver, or lower part of his helmet, announced that he quaffed it, �To all true English hearts, and to the confusion of foreign tyrants.� � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Etymology 3
Anglo-Norman, from Old French beivre, from Latin bibere �to drink�.
Noun
en-noun
- A bever.
References
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