barbecue

English

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Marinated beef grilling on a barbecue.

Alternative forms

• barbeque
• BBQ
• bar-b-que

Etymology

From Spanish barbacoa, from Taino barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”.

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Noun

barbecue (plural barbecues)

1. A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
2. A meal or event highlighted by food cooked on a barbecue.

   We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.

Synonyms

• braai (South African English)

Derived terms

• barbecue sauce
• barbie

Translations

cooking instrument

Afrikaans: braai Arabic: شواء (ar) (shiwaa') m., باربيكيو (ar) (barbikyuu) m. Chamicuro: tsepe'ta Chinese: Mandarin: 燒烤 (cmn), 烧烤 (cmn) (shāokǎo) Czech: gril (cs) m. Danish: barbecue (da) Dutch: barbecue (nl), grillen (nl) Finnish: grilli (fi) French: barbecue (fr) m.

German: Grill (de) m., Barbecue (de), Grillen (de) n. Greek: ψησταριά (el) (psistariá) f. Haitian Creole: griyad Hungarian: grillsütő (hu) Japanese: バーベキュー (ja) (bābekyu), グリル (ja) (guriru) Maltese: barbikju (mt) m. Portuguese: churrasqueira m. Russian: барбекю (ru) (barbekjú) n. (indeclinable), гриль (ru) (gril') m., шашлычница (ru) (šašlýčnica) f. Spanish: barbacoa (es)

Verb

barbecue (third-person singular simple present barbecues, present participle barbecuing, simple past and past participle barbecued)

1. To cook food on a barbecue; to grill.

Translations

to grill

Arabic: شوى (ar) (shawaa) Chinese: Mandarin: 燒烤 (cmn), 烧烤 (cmn) (shāokǎo) Dutch: grillen (nl)

Finnish: grillata (fi) German: grillen (de) Greek: ψήνω (el) (psíno) Russian: жарить (ru) (žárit')

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Dutch

Etymology

From English barbecue.

Noun

barbecue c. (plural barbecues, diminutive barbecuetje)

1. barbecue

Derived terms

• barbecueën/barbecuen

Verb

barbecue

1. first-person singular present indicative of barbecueën.
2. imperative of barbecueën.
3. first-person singular present indicative of barbecuen.
4. singular present subjunctive of barbecuen.
5. imperative of barbecuen.

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

barbecue m. (plural barbecues)

1. barbecue