bette

== French == === Etymology === From Latin bēta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛt/ Homophones: bettes (general), bête, bêtes (except regionally) Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === bette f (plural bettes) chard (vegetable) Synonym: blette beet plant (Quebec, regional) beet, beetroot (vegetable) ==== Usage notes ==== The most common popular and commercial term for the vegetable in Quebec, as elsewhere, is betterave. === Further reading === “bette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.tə/ === Verb === bette inflection of betten: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Mayo == === Adjective === bette heavy === References === Collard, Howard; Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984), Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 82, 121 == Middle English == === Adverb === bette alternative form of bet === Adjective === bette alternative form of bet === Noun === bette alternative form of bet == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbetːə/ === Noun === bette n bed Siu lît ûf dëm bette. ― She is lying on the bed. flowerbed ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Alemannic German: Bett Swabian: Bedd Bavarian: Cimbrian: pett German: Bett (“bed”), Beet (“flowerbed”) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “bette”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel == Norman == === Etymology === From Latin bēta. === Noun === bette f (plural bettes) (Jersey) spinach == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeːt.te/ === Verb === bētte inflection of bētan: first/third-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive