Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

berele

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: berele
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flask-like glass vessel with a bulbous body and a narrow neck typically used for serving tej.

Example Sentences

"Filtered into bottles and served in small berele, bulbous, narrow-necked flasks, the cloudy-gold brew tastes simultaneously sweet and pungent.[…]¶ Thus 1 or 2 cups can easily get you dizzy, especially if using berele to drink it.[…]Thus, if tasting tej in berele for the first time, make sure to stand up every once in a while to check if you're feeling too dizzy to walk."
"Opened in October, the tasting room features semi-sweet and semi-dry honey wine in [sic] served in either wine glasses or a large Ethiopian glass drinking vessel called a berele."

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ብርሌ (bərle).

Inflected Forms

bereles (plural)

Questions

What does berele mean?: A flask-like glass vessel with a bulbous body and a narrow neck typically used for serving tej.
Where does berele come from?: Borrowed from Amharic ብርሌ (bərle).

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