beet

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See also: Beet, bèèt, and be- -et

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

A pile of beets.

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

Noun[edit]

beet (plural beets)

  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
    The beet is a hardy species.
    There are beets growing over these.
  2. (US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
Usage notes[edit]
  • Unlike beetroot, beet is not usually uncountable when referring to the food: pickled beets (cf. pickled beetroot).
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Descendants[edit]
  • Chickasaw: (from the plural) biits
  • Hawaiian: piki
  • Maori: pīti
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English bētan.

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Verb[edit]

beet

  1. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
  2. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

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Noun[edit]

beet (plural bete)

  1. beetroot

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /beːt/
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  • Hyphenation: beet
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun[edit]

beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

  1. bite
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  • Negerhollands: bit

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Noun[edit]

beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

  1. Alternative form of biet.
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Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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beet

  1. singular past indicative of bijten

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

beet

  1. nominative plural of bee

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

beet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of beō

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

beet

  1. Alternative form of bete

Norman[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

Noun[edit]

beet f (plural beets)

  1. (Sark) animal