bete

See also: Bete, bète, and bête

English

Verb

bete

  1. Obsolete spelling of beat
  2. Obsolete spelling of beet

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

bete

  1. plural of beet

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bete.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /bete/, [be̞.t̪e̞]

Verb

bete ? (imperfect participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze)

  1. to fill
  2. to satisfy
  3. to fulfill, carry out
  4. to fill in, fill out
  5. to expire, run out, exhaust (time)

Further reading

  • "bete" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • bete” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

bete

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bijten

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːtə]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Homophones: Beete, Bete

Verb

bete

  1. inflection of beten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

Noun

bete f

  1. plural of beta

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

bēte

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of bētō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

bēte f

  1. bite

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: beet
  • Limburgish: beet

Further reading

  • bete (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bete (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

Despite the gap in attestation, apparently inherited from Old English bēte, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā, from Latin bēta, of unknown origin.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːt(ə)/

Noun

bete (plural betes)

  1. beet (plant of the genus Beta or its root or leaves)
Descendants
References

Verb

bete

  1. Alternative form of beten (to beat)

Verb

bete

  1. Alternative form of beten (to fix)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bete m

  1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
  2. bit; a portion of something.
  3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bete m

  1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
  2. bit; a portion of something
  3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

bete

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.te/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
  • Hyphenation: be‧te

Verb

bete

  1. inflection of betar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.te/

Adjective

bete f pl or n pl

  1. feminine/neuter plural of beat

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse beita (food, bait).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/
  • (file)

Noun

bete n

  1. bait
  2. what an animal eats when grazing
Declension
Declension of bete 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bete betet beten betena
Genitive betes betets betens betenas
Derived terms
  • (bait): beta
  • (what an animal eats): beta, grönbete
See also
  • agn (bait for fishing)

Etymology 2

Related to bita (to bite). Also see Icelandic biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

Noun

bete c

  1. tusk
Declension
Declension of bete 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bete beten betar betarna
Genitive betes betens betars betarnas
Derived terms
  • (tusk): elefantbete

Etymology 3

be- + te (appear)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈteː/

Verb

bete (present beter, preterite betedde, supine betett, imperative bete)

  1. (reflexive) to behave (oneself)
    Han beter sig väl
    He's behaving well
Conjugation

References

Ternate

bete

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbe.te]

Noun

bete (Jawi بيتي)

  1. eddoe (Colocasia antiquorum)

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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