beefsteak

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English

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Etymology

beef +‎ steak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/
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Noun

beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks)

  1. (countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
  2. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
    1. (uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
  3. (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.
  4. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
  5. (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.

Derived terms

Descendants

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English beefsteak.

Pronunciation

Noun

beefsteak m (plural beefsteaks)

  1. Alternative form of bifteck

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

beefsteak n (plural beefsteakuri)

  1. Obsolete form of biftec.

Declension

Declension of beefsteak
singular plural
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

References

  • beefsteak in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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