Meanings
plural beer glasses · alternative beer-glass · alternative beerglass
- A glass vessel, now frequently of a prescribed volume, for serving beer.
Near-synonym: pint glass
3 more examples
How lovely will the Ladies look when / They have a Beer-glaſs in their hands!
1668, George Etherege, She Wou’d if She Cou’d, a Comedy. […], London: […] [John Macocke] for H[enry] Herringman, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, page 40Even then, as he poured a measure into a beer-glass, he almost forgot his mission.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 509You could tell summer was coming because people were drinking on the street, searching for spaces on the windowsills of the pub to balance their beerglasses.
2001, Christopher Fowler, The Devil in Me, page 12Synonyms: pint glass
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA glass vessel, now frequently of a prescribed volume, for serving beer.
Translations
Danish ølglas
- ølglasglass vessel for serving beer
Dutch bierglas
- bierglasglass vessel for serving beer
Esperanto bierglaso
- bierglasoglass vessel for serving beer
Estonian õlleklaas
- õlleklaasglass vessel for serving beer
Finnish olutlasi
- olutlasiglass vessel for serving beer
French verre à bière
- verre à bièreglass vessel for serving beer
German Bierglas
- Bierglasglass vessel for serving beer
Icelandic bjórglas
- bjórglasglass vessel for serving beer
Italian bicchiere da birra
- bicchiere da birraglass vessel for serving beer
Japanese ビールグラス, ジョッキ
- ビールグラス (bīru gurasu)glass vessel for serving beer
- ジョッキ (jokki)glass vessel for serving beer
Korean 맥주잔, 맥주컵
- 맥주잔 (maekjujan)glass vessel for serving beer
- 맥주컵 (maekjukeop)glass vessel for serving beer
Latin hyalus cervesarius, vitrum cervesarium
- hyalus cervesariusglass vessel for serving beer
- vitrum cervesariumglass vessel for serving beer
Norwegian Bokmål ølglass
- ølglassglass vessel for serving beer
Spanish vaso para cerveza
- vaso para cervezaglass vessel for serving beer
Swedish ölglas
- ölglasglass vessel for serving beer
Turkish bira bardağı
- bira bardağıglass vessel for serving beer
Yiddish בירגלאָז
- בירגלאָז (birgloz)glass vessel for serving beer
Cite this entry
beer glass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beer%20glass
“beer glass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beer%20glass. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beer glass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beer%20glass.
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