bette

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See also: Bette and Betté

French

Etymology

From Latin bēta.

Pronunciation

Noun

bette f (plural bettes)

  1. chard (vegetable)
    Synonym: blette
  2. beet plant
  3. (Quebec, regional) beet, beetroot (vegetable)

Usage notes

  • The most common popular and commercial term for the vegetable in Quebec, as elsewhere, is betterave.

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bette

  1. inflection of betten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Mayo

Adjective

bette

  1. heavy

References

  • Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 82, 121

Middle English

Adverb

bette

  1. Alternative form of bet

Adjective

bette

  1. Alternative form of bet

Noun

bette

  1. Alternative form of bet

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbettə/

Noun

bette n

  1. bed
    Siu lît ûf dëm bette. ― She is lying on the bed.
  2. flowerbed

Declension

Declension of bette (neuter, class 1 strong)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ bette diu bette
genitive eines dës bettes dër bette
dative eime dëm bette dën betten
accusative ein daȥ bette diu bette

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Bett
    Swabian: Bedd
  • Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: pett
  • German: Bett (“bed”), Beet (“flowerbed”)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “bette”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Norman

Etymology

From Latin bēta.

Noun

bette f (plural bettes)

  1. (Jersey) spinach

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

bētte

  1. inflection of bētan:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive
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