biet

See also: biết and biệt

Danish

Verb

biet

1. past participle of bie

Dutch

Alternative forms

• beet

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bit/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: biet
• Rhymes: -it
• Homophones: beat, bied, biedt

Noun

biet f (plural bieten, diminutive bietje n)

1. beet, beetroot plant or tuber of the genus Beta, esp. Beta vulgaris

Derived terms

• bietenburger
• bietensap
• bietensoep
• rode biet
• snijbiet
• suikerbiet
• voederbiet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: beet
• → Indonesian: bit

Further reading

• biet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Beat

Verb

biet

1. singular imperative of bieten
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bieten

Luxembourgish

Verb

biet

1. inflection of bieden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

Maltese

Root
b-j-t
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاتَ (bāta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Verb

biet (imperfect jbit, past participle mibjut)

1. to spend the night, to stay overnight

Conjugation

Conjugation of biet (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bitt	bitt	biet	bitna	bittu	bietu
	f			bietet
imperfect	m	nbit	tbit	jbit	nbitu	tbitu	jbitu
	f			tbit
imperative			bit			bitu

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi͜yːt/

Verb

bīet

1. third-person singular present indicative of bēatan

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin vetus (in which case it is related to bătrân (“old”)), via the extended sense of something old being in a 'poor condition'. Perhaps semantically influenced by Slavic *bědьnъ (“poor”), if not entirely derived from it.

Compare Italian vieto (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjet/

• Audio:

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Adjective

biet m or n (feminine singular biată, masculine plural bieți, feminine/neuter plural biete)

1. poor, unhappy, sad

   Bietul băiat! ― Poor boy!

Usage notes

Unlike most adjectives, biet can only be used before the noun it modifies.

Declension

Declension of biet

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	biet		biată		bieți	biete
	definite	bietul		biata		bieții	bietele
genitive- dative	indefinite	biet		biete		bieți	biete
	definite	bietului		bietei		bieților	bietelor

Swedish

Noun

biet

1. definite singular of bi

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈet/

Noun

biet (genitive bieta, plural biets)

1. bitterness

Declension

Declension of biet

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biet	biets
Genitive	bieta	bietas
Dative	biete	bietes
Accusative	bieti	bietis
Predicative1	bietu	bietus
Vocative	o biet	o biets

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

See also

• bied