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Brewery In Other Languages

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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.

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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:
    braille-brewery
  • 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:
    Klingon-brewery
  • 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

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