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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French boef (modern: bœuf) "ox"; presumably from Latin bos (ox).

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪif/, SAMPA: /bi:f/ (UK)
• Rhymes: -iːf

[ Noun

Singular beef

Plural beef or beefs or beeves

beef (plural beef or beefs or beeves)

1. (uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine.

   I hate eating beef.

2. (countable) Would be "a side of beef". A chunk, cut or piece not being the whole piece, cf ham.
3. (archaic, countable, plural: beef or beeves) A generic term for a cow or bull.

   Do you want to raise beeves?

4. (countable, plural: beefs) a complaint or disagreement

   He has a beef with anyone who tells him otherwise.

[ Translations

meat

Bosnian: govedina f., teletina f., junetina f. Breton: bevin Catalan: vedella f. Chinese: 牛肉 (niúròu) Croatian: govedina f., teletina f., junetina f. Czech: hovězí n. Danish: bøf Dutch: bief=biefstuk (beefsteak), rundsvlees Finnish: naudanliha, häränliha (meat from a bull) French: bœuf m. German: Rindfleisch n. Italian: manzo m.

Japanese: 牛肉 (ぎゅうにく, gyūniku), ビーフ (bīfu) Lithuanian: jautiena f. Maltese: ċanga f. Occitan: buòu m. Polish: wołowina f. Russian: говядина(govyadina) f. Scottish Gaelic: feòil-mhairt f. Serbian: Cyrillic: говедина f., телетина f., јунетина f. Roman: govedina f., teletina f., junetina f. Slovene: govedina f., teletina f. Swedish: nötkött n. Telugu: ఆవు/ఎద్దు మాంసం (aavu/eddu maaMsaM) or గేదె/దున్న మాంసం (gaede/dunna maaMsaM)

cow or bull

Danish: ko (cow), tyr (bull) Dutch: rund n. Finnish: nauta French: bovin m.

German: Rind n. Italian: bue da macello m. Swedish: nötkreatur n.

[ Derived terms

terms derived from beef (noun)

beefcake beef jerky beefsteak beef stew

beefy bully beef corned beef where's thee beef?

[ See also

• beefwood

[ Verb

Infinitive to beef

Third person singular beefs

Simple past beefed

Past participle beefed

Present participle beefing

to beef (third-person singular simple present beefs, present participle beefing, simple past and past participle beefed)

1. (intransitive) To complain.
2. (transitive) To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.

   Since you stopped running, you are really beefing out.

[ Derived terms

• beef up
• beef out

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[ Dutch

[ Verb

beef

1. First person singular of beven (to tremble)
2. Singular imperative of beven

   Sidder ende beef!