wagyu

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English

A filet of wagyu beef
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Etymology

From Japanese 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wagyu (countable and uncountable, plural wagyus or wagyu)

  1. (countable) Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
    • 2009 January 19, Corey Mintz, “Susur and the City”, in Toronto Star‎:
      Slices of wagyu beef come with spheres of root vegetables and mini-towers of polenta.
  2. Beef from such cattle.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), from 和 (わ, wa, “Japan”) +‎ 牛 (ぎゅう, gyū, “cow, bull, ox, cattle; beef”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ɡʲu/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧gyu

Noun

wagyu (first-person possessive wagyuku, second-person possessive wagyumu, third-person possessive wagyunya)

  1. (cooking) wagyu: any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.

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Spanish

Noun

wagyu m (plural wagyus)

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