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English
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[edit]Etymology 1
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From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.
Noun
[edit]beet (plural beets)
- Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- The beet is a hardy species.
- (US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
Usage notes
[edit]Unlike beetroot, beet is not usually uncountable when referring to the food: pickled beets (cf. pickled beetroot).
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]Beta vulgaris — see also chard
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a root
See also
[edit]References
[edit]beet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:beets on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Beta vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Beta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- beet at University of Melbourne "Sorting plant names"
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English bētan.
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]beet
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire.
- (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beet (plural bete)
References
[edit]- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.
Noun
[edit]beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: bit
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Noun
[edit]beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)
- Alternative form of biet.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]beet
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]beet
- nominative plural of bee
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]beet
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]beet
- Alternative form of bete
Norman
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
Noun
[edit]beet f (plural beets)
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