beet

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bēt, IPA(key): /biːt/ Homophone: beat Rhymes: -iːt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin. ==== Noun ==== beet (countable and uncountable, plural beets) Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. (US, Canada) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable. ===== Usage notes ===== Unlike beetroot, beet is usually countable when referring to the food: pickled beets (but pickled beetroot). ===== Hyponyms ===== chard ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Chickasaw: (from the plural) biits → Hawaiian: piki → Japanese: ビート (beet) → Korean: 비트 (biteu) → Māori: pīti ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== chard mangelwurzel orach spinach ==== References ==== beet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:beets on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Beta vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Beta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons beet at University of Melbourne "Sorting plant names" === Etymology 2 === From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan. ==== Alternative forms ==== bete ==== Verb ==== beet (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire. (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse. === Anagrams === bete == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biə̯t/, [biət] === Noun === beet (plural bete) beetroot === References === 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beːt/ (Belgium) IPA(key): [beːt] (Netherlands) IPA(key): [beɪ̯t] Hyphenation: beet Rhymes: -eːt === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz. ==== Noun ==== beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n) bite ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: bit === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta. ==== Noun ==== beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n) alternative form of biet ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== beet singular past indicative of bijten === Anagrams === bete == Finnish == === Noun === beet nominative plural of bee == Latin == === Verb === beet third-person singular present active subjunctive of beō == Middle English == === Noun === beet alternative form of bete == Norman == === Alternative forms === baête (continental) bête (Jersey, Guernsey) === Etymology === From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia. === Noun === beet f (plural beets) (Sark) animal