beefsteak

English

Etymology

beef +‎ steak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/

Noun

beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks)

1. (countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
2. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
   1. (uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
3. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato
   • 2001, Patricia Mondore, A Perennial Faith: Finding Courage to Grow in the Garden of Life

     I purchased a half dozen of the healthiest-looking beefsteaks I could find, and tenderly planted the young shoots, using plenty of fertilizer and mulch. I faithfully watered them every day and the little plants quickly shot up to an impressive height.

4. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom
5. (countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Danish: bøfsteg
  • Danish: bøf
    • → Faroese: búffur
    • → Icelandic: buff
• → Esperanto: bifsteko
• → Estonian: biifsteek
• → French: bifteck
  • → Bulgarian: бифте́к (bifték)
  • → Czech: biftek
  • → Greek: μπιφτέκι (biftéki)
  • → Japanese: ビフテキ (bifuteki)
  • → Ladino: biftek
  • → Macedonian: бифтек (biftek)
  • → Turkish: biftek
• → German: Beefsteak
  • → Armenian: բիֆշտեքս (bifštekʿs)
  • → Belarusian: біфштэ́кс (bifštéks)
  • → Georgian: ბიფშტექსი (bipšṭeksi)
  • → Latvian: bifšteks
  • → Lithuanian: bifštekas
  • → Russian: бифште́кс (bifštéks) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ukrainian: біфште́кс (bifštéks)
  • → Polish: befsztyk
• → Indonesian: bistik
• → Italian: bistecca
• → Japanese: ビーフステーキ (bīfusutēki)
• → Korean: 비프스테이크 (bipeuseuteikeu)
• → Malay: bifstik
• → Occitan: bistèc
• → Portuguese: bisteca
• → Spanish: bistec
• → Swedish: biffstek
• → Tagalog: bistek

Translations

steak

• Armenian: բիֆշտեքս (hy) (bifštekʿs)
• Basque: xerra
• Belarusian: біфштэ́кс m (bifštéks)
• Bulgarian: бифте́к m (bifték)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛排 (zh) (niúpái)

• Czech: biftek (cs) m
• Dutch: biefstuk (nl) m
• Estonian: biifsteek (et)
• Finnish: naudanlihapihvi, naudanpihvi
• French: bifteck (fr) m
• Georgian: ბიფშტექსი (bipšṭeksi)
• German: Beefsteak (de) n
• Greek: μοσχαρίσια μπριζόλα f (moscharísia brizóla)
• Indonesian: bistik (id)

• Irish: stéig mhairteola f
• Italian: bistecca (it) f
• Japanese: ビーフステーキ (ja) (bīfusutēki), ビフテキ (ja) (bifuteki)
• Kazakh: бифштекс (bïfşteks)
• Korean: 비프스테이크 (bipeuseuteikeu)
• Kyrgyz: бифштекс (bifşteks)
• Latvian: bifšteks m
• Lithuanian: bifštekas m
• Macedonian: бифтек m (biftek)
• Malay: bifstik
• Polish: befsztyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: bisteca (pt) f
• Russian: бифште́кс (ru) m (bifštéks)
• Spanish: bistec (es) m, bife (es) m (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• Swedish: biffstek c, biff (sv) c
• Tagalog: bistek
• Turkish: biftek (tr)
• Ukrainian: біфште́кс (uk) m (bifštéks)
• Vietnamese: bít tết

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English beefsteak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bif.stɛk/

Noun

beefsteak m (plural beefsteaks)

1. Obsolete form of bifteck.