beefsteak

English

Etymology

beef +‎ steak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːfsteɪk/

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
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

• → Estonian: biifsteek
• → French: bifteck
  • → Bulgarian: бифте́к (bifték)
  • → Czech: biftek
  • → Greek: μπιφτέκι (biftéki)
  • → Japanese: ビフテキ (bifuteki)
  • → Macedonian: бифтек (biftek)
  • → Turkish: biftek
• → German: Beefsteak
  • → Armenian: բիֆշտեքս (bifštekʿs)
  • → Belarusian: біфштэ́кс (bifštéks)
  • → Georgian: ბიფშტექსი (bipšṭeksi)
  • → Latvian: bifšteks
  • → Lithuanian: bifštekas
  • → Russian: бифште́кс (bifštéks)
  • → Ukrainian: біфште́кс (bifštéks)
  • → Polish: befsztyk
• → Indonesian: bistik
• → Italian: bistecca
• → Japanese: ビーフステーキ (bīfusutēki)
• → Korean: 비프스테이크 (bipeuseuteikeu)
• → Malay: bifstik
• → 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
• Estonian: biifsteek (et)
• Finnish: naudanpihvi
• French: bifteck (fr) m
• Georgian: ბიფშტექსი (bipšṭeksi)
• German: Beefsteak 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)
• Korean: 비프스테이크 (bipeuseuteikeu)
• 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)

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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.