The origin of the word “brewery” is simpler than that of “beer,” and appears to have originated “mid 17th century: from brew, probably on the pattern of Dutch brouwerij,” while another source states its first use was “circa 1648.” The definition seems to be fairly similar, with just a few variations. Here’s a few representative ones:
brewery
- American Heritage: “A place where beer is brewed, especially commercially.”
- Cambridge Dictionary: “A company that makes beer or a place where beer is made.”
- Merriam-Webster: “A plant where malt liquors are produced.”
- O.E.D.: “A place where beer is made commercially.”
But, like beer, I’m actually more interested in the evolution of the word and how each language or culture expresses it. So here’s a list of how to say the word “brewery” in a myriad of different languages and/or cultures, including a separate list of English slang at the bottom. If you know of one that’s missing here or is wrong, please be so kind as to drop me a note.
Brewery In Other Languages:
- Afrikaans: brouery
- Albanian: fabrikë birre
- Amharic: met’imek’īya / መጥመቂያ
- Arabic: masnae aljie / مصنع الجعة
- Armenian: garejratun / գարեջրատուն
- Azerbaijani: pivə zavodu
- Basque: garagardotegia
- Belarusian: pivavarny zavod / піваварны завод
- Bengali: Bhām̐ṭikhānā / ভাঁটিখানা
- Bosnian: pivara
- Braille:
- Bulgarian: pivovarna / пивоварна
- Burnese: bheyar a raat hkyet rone / ဘီယာအရက်ချက်ရုံ
- Catalan: cerveseria
- Cebuano: edipisyo
- Chichewa: moŵa
- Chinese (Simplified): Píjiǔ chǎng / 啤酒厂
- Chinese (Traditional): Píjiǔ chǎng / 啤酒廠
- Corsican: brasserie
- Croatian: pivara
- Czech: pivovar
- Danish: bryggeri
- Dutch: brouwerij
- English: brewery
- Esperanto: bierfarejo
- Estonian: õlletehas
- Filipino: serbeserya
- Finnish: panimo
- French: Brasserie
- Frisian: bierbrouwerij
- Gaelic (Scots): taigh-grùide
- Galician (Galego): cervexa
- Georgian: ludsakharshi / ლუდსახარში
- German: Brauerei
- Greek: zythopoieío / ζυθοποιείο
- Gujarati: Śarāba / શરાબ
- Hausa: madafar giya
- Haitian Creole: bwasri
- Hawaiian: brewery
- Hebrew: מבשלת בירה / מִבשָׁלָה
- Hindi: sharaab kee bhaththee / शराब की भठ्ठी
- Hmong Daw: tsev ua npiav
- Hungarian: sörfőzde
- Icelandic: ölgerð
- Igbo: ebe omume biya
- Indian (Tamil): Matu vaṭittal / மது வடித்தல்
- Indonesian: tempat pembuatan bir
- Irish (Gaeilge): grúdlann
- Italian: fabbrica di birra
- Japanese: Jōzōjo / 醸造所
- Javanese: pabrik
- Kannada: Brevari / ಬ್ರೆವರಿ
- Kazakh: sıra qaynatw zawıtı / сыра қайнату зауыты
- Khmer: rongochak / រោងចក្រ
- Klingon:
- Korean: yangjojang / 양조장
- Kurdish: bîrameyanxane/li>
- Kyrgyz: pivo zavodu / пиво заводу
- Lao: bia / ເບຍ
- Latin: bracino
- Latvian: alusdarītava
- Lithuanian: alaus darykla
- Luxembourgish: Brauerei
- Macedonian: pivarnica / пиварница
- Malagasy: labiera
- Malay: kilang bir
- Malayalum: vāṟṟukēndaṁ / വാറ്റുകേന്ദം
- Maltese: birrerija
- Maori: waipiro
- Marathi: Dārūbhaṭṭī / दारूभट्टी
- Mongolian: shar airag / шар айраг
- Nepali: Bhaṭhṭhī / भठ्ठी
- Norwegian: bryggeri
- Persian (Farsi): ابجوسازی
- Pig Latin: ewery-bay
- Polish: browar
- Portugese: cervejaria
- Punjabi: Barū’arī / ਬਰੂਅਰੀ
- Romanian: fabrică de bere
- Russian: pivovarennyy zavod / пивоваренный завод
- Samoan: falepia
- Serbian: pivara / пивара
- Sesotho: thitelo
- Shona: bhurure
- Sindhi: پلانٽ
- Sinhalese: matpæn tippoḷa / මත්පැන් තිප්පොළ
- Slovak: pivovar
- Slovene: pivovarne
- Somali: warshad khamri
- Spanish: cervecería
- Sudanese: tempat keur nyieun bir
- Swahili: kampuni ya bia
- Swedish: bryggeri
- Tajik: pivoʹūşonī / пивоьӯшонӣ
- Tamil: Matu vaṭittal / மது வடித்தல்
- Telugu: Sārāyi / సారాయి
- Thai: Rong beīyr̒ / โรงเบียร์
- Turkish: Bira fabrikası
- Ukrainian: pyvovarnyy zavod / пивоварний завод
- Urdu: بریوری
- Uzbek: pivo chiqaradigan zavod
- Vietnamese: nhà máy bia
- Welsh: bragdy
- Xhosa: umzi wosilo-tywala
- Yiddish: ברוערי
- Yucatec Maya: fábrica k’áaj ja’
- Zulu: lapho kudayiswa khona utshwala
