Beef — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

cattle that are reared for their meat

meat from an adult domestic bovine

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæliənˌɪmɪdˌiː/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈaɹəɡənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈaɹəɡənsi/

1 syllable Say it as /kˈæliənˌɪmɪdˌiː/.

Examples

I have a gripe about the service here
What was he hollering about?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

holler crab bitch kick boeuf grouse gripe bellyache beef cattle squawk

Parts of Speech

noun	cattle that are reared for their meat
noun	meat from an adult domestic bovine
noun	informal terms for objecting “I have a gripe about the service here”
verb	complain “What was he hollering about?”

Word Forms

gripe	verb	complain
kick	verb	express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
beef	verb	complain
bitchy	adjective	marked by or arising from malice
bitch	verb	say mean things
squawk	verb	complain
gripe	noun	informal terms for objecting
crab	noun	a quarrelsome grouch
beef	noun	informal terms for objecting
squawk	noun	informal terms for objecting
squawker	noun	a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
bellyacher	noun	a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rindfleisch

Rinder, die wegen ihres Fleisches gezüchtet werden

🇫🇷French

bœuf

bovins élevés pour leur viande

🇪🇸Spanish

carne de res

ganado que se cría para su carne

🇮🇹Italian

manzo

bovini allevati per la loro carne

🇳🇱Dutch

rundvlees

runderen die worden gefokt voor hun vlees

🇵🇹Portuguese

carne bovina

gado criado para sua carne

🇷🇺Russian

говядина

крупный рогатый скот, выращиваемый ради мяса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गाय का मांस

वे मवेशी जिन्हें उनके मांस के लिए पाला जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

গরুর মাংস

গবাদি পশু যারা তাদের মাংসের জন্য পালন করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

மாட்டிறைச்சி

இறைச்சிக்காக வளர்க்கப்படும் கால்நடைகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

గొడ్డు మాంసం

వాటి మాంసం కోసం పెంచే పశువులు

🇮🇳Marathi

गोमांस

गुरे जी त्यांच्या मांसासाठी पाळली जातात

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગોમાંસ

પશુઓ કે જે તેમના માંસ માટે પાળવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೋಮಾಂಸ

ತಮ್ಮ ಮಾಂಸಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಸಾಕಿರುವ ಜಾನುವಾರುಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബീഫ്

മാംസത്തിനായി വളർത്തുന്ന കന്നുകാലികൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੀਫ

ਪਸ਼ੂ ਜੋ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਾਸ ਲਈ ਪਾਲਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

گائے کا گوشت

مویشی جو اپنے گوشت کے لیے پالے جاتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

牛肉

为获取肉而饲养的牛

🇯🇵Japanese

牛肉

食肉のために飼育される牛

🇰🇷Korean

소고기

고기를 얻기 위해 사육되는 소

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thịt bò

gia súc được nuôi để lấy thịt

🇹🇭Thai

เนื้อวัว

วัวที่เลี้ยงไว้เพื่อเป็นเนื้อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

daging sapi

ternak yang dipelihara untuk diambil dagingnya

🇵🇭Filipino

karne ng baka

mga baka na inaalagaan para sa kanilang karne

🇲🇾Malay

daging lembu

lembu yang diternak untuk dagingnya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لحم

الماشية التي يتم تربيتها من أجل لحومها

🇮🇷Persian

گوشت گاو

گاوهایی که برای گوشت پرورش می یابند

🇹🇷Turkish

biftek

etleri için yetiştirilen sığırlar

🇮🇱Hebrew

בָּקָר

בקר שמגדלים עבור בשרו

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The primary meaning of 'beef' is 'cattle that are reared for their meat'.

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