buef

See also: büf

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

buef (ORB large)

1. Alternative form of bôf (“ox”)

References

• bœuf in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• buef in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Old French

Alternative forms

• boef
• beof (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin bovem. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese boi and Old Spanish buey.

Noun

buef oblique singular, m (oblique plural bués, nominative singular bués, nominative plural buef)

1. cow

Related terms

• boier
• buvier

Descendants

• Middle French: bœuf
  • French: bœuf
• → Middle English: bef, beef, bouf, beof, buf, boef, bief, beffe, befe
  • English: beef (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: beef