beefsteak

== English == === Etymology === From beef +‎ steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/ === Noun === beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks) (countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer). (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa). (uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato. (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom. (countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer. ==== Derived terms ==== beefsteak club beefsteak mushroom beefsteak Nazi beefsteak tomato Florentine beefsteak ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English beefsteak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bif.stɛk/ === Noun === beefsteak m (plural beefsteaks) alternative form of bifteck === Further reading === “beefsteak”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “beefsteak”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette == Romanian == === Noun === beefsteak n (plural beefsteakuri) obsolete form of biftec ==== Declension ==== === References === beefsteak in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN