beefsteak
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Etymology edit
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beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks)
- (countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
- (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
- (uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
- (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
- 2001, Patricia Mondore, A Perennial Faith: Finding Courage to Grow in the Garden of Life:
- I purchased a half dozen of the healthiest-looking beefsteaks I could find, and tenderly planted the young shoots, using plenty of fertilizer and mulch. I faithfully watered them every day and the little plants quickly shot up to an impressive height.
- (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
- (countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
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Descendants
- → Danish: bøfsteg
- → Esperanto: bifsteko
- → Estonian: biifsteek
- → French: bifteck, biftèque; beefsteak; beefsteck, beefteak, beefteck, biffteck, biftec, bistec, bisteck
- → German: Beefsteak
- → Indonesian: bistik
- → Italian: bistecca
- → Japanese: ビーフステーキ (bīfusutēki)
- → Korean: 비프스테이크 (bipeuseuteikeu)
- → Malay: bifstik
- → Occitan: bistèc
- → Brazilian Portuguese: bisteca
- → Spanish: bistec
- → Swedish: biffstek
- → Tagalog: bistek
Translations edit
steak
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English beefsteak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beefsteak m (plural beefsteaks)
- Alternative form of bifteck
Further reading edit
- “beefsteak” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “beefsteak” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
beefsteak n (plural beefsteakuri)
Declension edit
Declension of beefsteak
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) beefsteak | beefsteakul | (niște) beefsteakuri | beefsteakurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) beefsteak | beefsteakului | (unor) beefsteakuri | beefsteakurilor |
vocative | beefsteakule | beefsteakurilor |