beaker
/ˈbiːkɚ/noun
beaker is spelled B-E-A-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beaker means “A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beaker is beakers.
How many letters and syllables are in beaker?
| Letters | 6: B-E-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is beaker?
Beaker appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce beaker?
- UK /ˈbiːkə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈbiːkɚ/
Beaker has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-beaker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with beaker?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as beaker from its last stressed vowel (/ikəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of beaker
- beakers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beaker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.
- 2
A drinking vessel without a handle.
- 3
A mug.
- 4
An ancient bell-shaped ceramic pot with a wide mouth, narrow neck, and flaring body, used by the Beaker people during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age.
- 5
slangA scientist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beaker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bécher , gobelet |
| German | Becherglas , Becher |
| Portuguese | béquer, gobelé |
| Spanish | vaso de precipitación, vaso de precipitados, matraz |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does beaker come from?
From Middle English bekyr, biker, from Old Norse bikarr (“cup”), from Old Saxon bikeri (“cup”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikārī, from Late Latin bīcārium (“wine vat, jug”), of disputed origin. Possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “earthenware jug, wine jar”), or from Latin bacarium (“wine vat, vase”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).