becher
noun
becher is a noun meaning “A kiddush cup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-E-C-H-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Becher, the name).
What does becher mean?
noun
- 1
A kiddush cup
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce becher?
Becher 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).
How common is becher?
Becher appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Becher, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does becher come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish בעכער (bekher, “goblet”). Doublet of beaker and pitcher.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).