biet

biet

1. past participle of bie

• beet

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

• IPA^(key): /bit/

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

biet f (plural bieten, diminutive bietje n)

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

• Afrikaans: beet
• → Indonesian: beet

• biet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• IPA^(key): /biːt/
• Homophone: Beat

biet

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

biet

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

From Arabic بَاتَ (bāta).

• IPA^(key): /bɪːt/

biet (imperfect jbit, past participle mibjut)

1. to spend the night, to stay overnight

Unknown. Most probably from Latin vetus (in which case it is related to bătrân (“old”)), via the sense of 'poor old'. Perhaps semantically influenced by Slavic *bědьnъ (“poor”), if not entirely derived from it. Compare Italian vieto (“old”).

• IPA^(key): /bjet/

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

1. poor, unhappy, sad

   Bietul băiat! ― Poor boy!

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

biet

1. definite singular of bi

• IPA^(key): /biˈet/

biet (nominative plural biets)

1. bitterness

• bied