rosbif
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef. Doublet of roast beef.
Noun[edit]
rosbif (plural rosbifs)
- (humorous) An English person (as viewed by the French).
- 1938, Neil Harmon Swanson, The forbidden ground, page 85:
- Polidor Graindart, sometime sergeant of the intendant's guard in the days when three golden lilies bloomed on the flagstaff above the De Troit blockhouse, never had forgiven the rosbifs for the conquest of New France.
- 2009, Andy Roberts, Flying the Flag, page 233:
- France demonstrate the entente cordiale towards the rosbifs.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rosbif m (plural rosbifs)
Further reading[edit]
- “rosbif” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English roast beef, stereotypical food of the English.
Compare English frog (“French person”), from frog legs, corresponding term for French, likewise based on food; and Kraut for Germans.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rosbif m (plural rosbifs)
- roast beef
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) an English person
- Synonym: angliche
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “rosbif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English roast beef.
Noun[edit]
rosbif m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef.
Noun[edit]
rosbif n (plural rosbifuri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of rosbif
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) rosbif | rosbiful | (niște) rosbifuri | rosbifurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) rosbif | rosbifului | (unor) rosbifuri | rosbifurilor |
| vocative | rosbifule | rosbifurilor | ||
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English roast beef.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rosbif m (plural rosbifs)
Further reading[edit]
- “rosbif”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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