bife

See also: bifê

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English beef, from Old French buef, from Latin bovem (“ox”). Doublet of boi.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fɨ/

• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

Noun

bife m (plural bifes)

1. steak (slice of beef)

Derived terms

• bifana

Related terms

• bisteca
• boi
• bovino

 

Noun

bife m (plural bifes, feminine bifa, feminine plural bifas)

1. (Algarve, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur) English person

   Synonym: camone

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buffet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐfeː/
• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

Noun

bìfē m (Cyrillic spelling бѝфе̄)

1. buffet

Declension

Declension of bife

	singular	plural
nominative	bìfē	bifèi
genitive	bifèa	biféā
dative	bifeu	bifeima
accusative	bife	bifee
vocative	bifeu / bifee	bifei
locative	bifeu	bifeima
instrumental	bifeom	bifeima

References

• “bife” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English beef. Doublet of buey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbife/ [ˈbi.fe]
• Rhymes: -ife
• Syllabification: bi‧fe

Noun

bife m (plural bifes)

1. (South America) steak

   Synonym: bistec

Further reading

• “bife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014