berele

B3E1R1E1L1E1

noun

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

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounberele (plural berele or bereles)

plural bereles

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

    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.

    2024 January 10, Lenore Adkins, “Ethiopian Honey Wine Gets the Royal Treatment at Negus Winery and Meadery in Alexandria”, in Eater DC, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024
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    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.

    2019 February 15, Yohanis Gebreyesus, Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa, Interlink Books, →ISBN, page 345

Origin

  1. Amharicብርሌ
  2. Englishberele

Borrowed from Amharic ብርሌ (bərle).

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APA

berele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berele

MLA

“berele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berele. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “berele,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berele.

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