beet

See also: Beet, bèèt, and be- -et

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bēt, IPA(key): /biːt/
    • (file)
  • Homophone: beat
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Etymology 1

A pile of beets.

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

Noun

beet (plural beets)

  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
    The beet is a hardy species.
  2. (US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
Usage notes

Unlike beetroot, beet is not usually uncountable when referring to the food: pickled beets (cf. pickled beetroot).

Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Chickasaw: (from the plural) biits
  • Hawaiian: piki
  • Maori: pīti
Translations

See also

References

Etymology 2

From Old English bētan.

Alternative forms

Verb

beet

  1. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
  2. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biə̯t/, [biət]
  • (file)

Noun

beet (plural bete)

  1. beetroot

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːt/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: beet
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun

beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

  1. bite
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: bit

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Noun

beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

  1. Alternative form of biet.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beet

  1. singular past indicative of bijten

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

beet

  1. nominative plural of bee

Latin

Verb

beet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of beō

Middle English

Noun

beet

  1. Alternative form of bete

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

Noun

beet f (plural beets)

  1. (Sark) animal
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