rosbif
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef. Doublet of roast beef.
Noun edit
rosbif (plural rosbifs)
- (humorous) An English person (as viewed by the French).
- 1938, Neil Harmon Swanson, The forbidden ground, page 85:
- Polidor Graindart, sometime sergeant of the intendant's guard in the days when three golden lilies bloomed on the flagstaff above the De Troit blockhouse, never had forgiven the rosbifs for the conquest of New France.
- 2009, Andy Roberts, Flying the Flag, page 233:
- France demonstrate the entente cordiale towards the rosbifs.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosbif m (plural rosbifs)
Further reading edit
- “rosbif” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English roast beef, stereotypical food of the English.
Compare English frog (“French person”), from frog legs, corresponding term for French, likewise based on food; and Kraut for Germans.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosbif m (plural rosbifs)
- roast beef
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) an English person
- Synonym: angliche
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “rosbif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English roast beef.
Noun edit
rosbif m (invariable)
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef.
Noun edit
rosbif n (plural rosbifuri)
Declension edit
Declension of rosbif
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rosbif | rosbiful | (niște) rosbifuri | rosbifurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) rosbif | rosbifului | (unor) rosbifuri | rosbifurilor |
vocative | rosbifule | rosbifurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English roast beef.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosbif m (plural rosbifs)
Further reading edit
- “rosbif”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014