Meanings
nounginger beer (countable and uncountable, plural ginger beers)
plural ginger beers
- countableuncountableA fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger.
Have no fear, the ninja here / Feel 'em like the tinge in your ear from drinkin' ginger beer
2004, “Kon Queso”, in Mm..Food, performed by MF Doom - countableA glass or drink of ginger beer.
How much for one ginger beer?
1 more example
I'm having a ginger beer. Would you like one too?
- CockneycountableslanguncountableusuallyA queer (i.e. homosexual).
adjectiveginger beer (comparative more ginger beer, superlative most ginger beer)
comparative more ginger beer · superlative most ginger beer
- Cockneyslangusuallyqueer (i.e. homosexual).
Translations
Catalan gínger
- gíngerdrink flavoured with ginger
Chinese Cantonese 薑啤 /姜啤
- 薑啤 /姜啤 (goeng¹ be¹)drink flavoured with ginger
Chinese Mandarin 薑味汽水 /姜味汽水, 薑汁酒 /姜汁酒
- 薑味汽水 /姜味汽水 (jiāngwèi qìshuǐ)drink flavoured with ginger
- 薑汁酒 /姜汁酒 (jiāngzhījiǔ)drink flavoured with ginger
- 一杯薑味汽水 /一杯姜味汽水 (yī bēi jiāngwèi qìshuǐ)glass of this drink
- 一杯薑汁酒 /一杯姜汁酒 (yī bēi jiāngzhījiǔ)glass of this drink
Czech zázvorové pivo
- zázvorové pivodrink flavoured with ginger
Danish sodavand med ingefærsmag, ingefærøl
- sodavand med ingefærsmagdrink flavoured with ginger
- ingefærøldrink flavoured with ginger
Dutch gemberbier
- gemberbierdrink flavoured with ginger
Esperanto zingibra biero
- zingibra bierodrink flavoured with ginger
Finnish inkivääriolut, inkivääriolut
- inkivääriolutdrink flavoured with ginger
- inkivääriolutglass of this drink
French bière de gingembre
- bière de gingembredrink flavoured with ginger
German Ingwerbier
- Ingwerbierdrink flavoured with ginger
Greek τζιτζιμπίρα
- τζιτζιμπίρα (tzitzimpíra)drink flavoured with ginger
Hawaiian ʻela kinika
- ʻela kinikadrink flavoured with ginger
Hindi अदरक बियर
- अदरक बियर (adrak biyar)drink flavoured with ginger
Hungarian gyömbérsör
- gyömbérsördrink flavoured with ginger
Icelandic engiferöl
- engiferöldrink flavoured with ginger
Irish beoir shinséir
- beoir shinséirdrink flavoured with ginger
Italian birra allo zenzero
- birra allo zenzerodrink flavoured with ginger
Japanese ジンジャービール
- ジンジャービール (jinjābīru)drink flavoured with ginger
Māori tinipia
- tinipiadrink flavoured with ginger
Norwegian Bokmål ingefærøl
- ingefærøldrink flavoured with ginger
Polish piwo imbirowe
- piwo imbirowedrink flavoured with ginger
Portuguese gengibirra
- gengibirradrink flavoured with ginger
Romanian bere de ghimber, bere de ghimbir
- bere de ghimberdrink flavoured with ginger
- bere de ghimbirdrink flavoured with ginger
Russian имби́рное пи́во
- имби́рное пи́во (imbírnoje pívo)drink flavoured with ginger
Spanish gaseosa de jengibre
- gaseosa de jengibredrink flavoured with ginger
Swahili tangawizi
- tangawizidrink flavoured with ginger
Swedish ingefärsöl
- ingefärsöldrink flavoured with ginger
Tamil ஜின்ஜர் பியர்
- ஜின்ஜர் பியர் (jiṉjar piyar)drink flavoured with ginger
Vietnamese loại bia có mùi rừng, bia gừng
- loại bia có mùi rừngdrink flavoured with ginger
- bia gừngdrink flavoured with ginger
Welsh diod sinsir
- diod sinsirdrink flavoured with ginger
Cite this entry
APA
ginger beer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginger%20beer
MLA
“ginger beer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginger%20beer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ginger beer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ginger%20beer.
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