barbecue

== English == === Alternative forms === (apparatus; event; meat): barbeque; bar-be-que, bar-b-que, bar-B-Q, bar-b-q (informal forms based on the abbreviation) (apparatus; event): barbie (Australia, NZ, UK, informal abbreviation) (event; meat): BBQ (informal abbreviation) (meat): 'cue, 'que, que (US, informal shortenings) === Etymology === From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of balbacua and barbacoa. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/, /ˈbɑɹbə-/ Hyphenation: bar‧be‧cue === Noun === barbecue (countable and uncountable, plural barbecues) A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium. Coordinate terms: grill, boucan A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded. (dated) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried. (obsolete) A framework of sticks. 1705, William Dampier, Voyages and Descriptions, Volume 2, London: James Knapton, “A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World,” Chapter 5, p. 90,[1] We found no Houses of Entertainment on the Road, yet at every Village we came we got Houseroom, and a Barbacue of split Bambooes to sleep on. ==== Synonyms ==== (grill): braai (South African English), buccan, compare grill (event): braai (South African English), cookout ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== balbacua barbacoa ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: barbekyu → Tagalog: barbikyu ==== Translations ==== === Verb === barbecue (third-person singular simple present barbecues, present participle barbecuing or barbecueing, simple past and past participle barbecued) (transitive, intransitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels. (transitive, intransitive) To grill. (slang, somewhat derogatory, transitive) To kill or destroy using high heat or fire; to cook; to burn. ==== Synonyms ==== (grill, barbecue): braai (South African English) ==== Derived terms ==== barbecue up ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑrbəkju/ Hyphenation: bar‧be‧cue === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English barbecue. ==== Noun ==== barbecue m (plural barbecues, diminutive barbecuetje n) barbecue ===== Derived terms ===== barbecueën barbeknoei === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== barbecue inflection of barbecueën: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative inflection of barbecuen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English barbecue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʁ.bə.kju/ === Noun === barbecue m (plural barbecues) barbecue ==== Derived terms ==== barbec barbeuc === Further reading === “barbecue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English barbecue, from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbar.bɛ.kju/ Rhymes: -arbɛkju Syllabification: bar‧be‧cue === Noun === barbecue n (indeclinable) barbecue (cooking instrument) Synonyms: ruszt, grill barbecue (meal) Synonym: grill barbecue sauce === Further reading === barbecue in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === barbiquiú, barbiquíu, barbiquiw === Etymology === Borrowed from English barbecue. Doublet of barbacoa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baɾbiˈkju/ [baɾ.β̞iˈkju] Rhymes: -u IPA(key): /baɾbiˈkiu/ [baɾ.β̞iˈkiu̯], /baɾbiˈkiw/ [baɾ.β̞iˈkiw] Rhymes: -iu, -iw Syllabification: bar‧be‧cue === Noun === barbecue m (plural barbecues) (Puerto Rico) barbecue Synonym: barbacoa === Further reading === “barbecue”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Swedish == === Noun === barbecue c a barbecue Synonym: grillfest ==== Declension ==== === References === barbecue in Svensk ordbok (SO) barbecue in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)