beet
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.
Noun edit
beet (plural beets)
- Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- The beet is a hardy species.
- (US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
Usage notes edit
Unlike beetroot, beet is not usually uncountable when referring to the food: pickled beets (cf. pickled beetroot).
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Translations edit
Beta vulgaris — see also chard
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a root
See also edit
References edit
- beet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:beets on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Beta vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Beta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- beet at University of Melbourne "Sorting plant names"
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English bētan.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
beet
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beet (plural bete)
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.
Noun edit
beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)
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Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: bit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Noun edit
beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)
- Alternative form of biet.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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beet
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Finnish edit
Noun edit
beet
- nominative plural of bee
Latin edit
Verb edit
beet
Middle English edit
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beet
- Alternative form of bete
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
Noun edit
beet f (plural beets)