biest

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch biest, from Old Dutch *biest, from Proto-West Germanic *beust. Cognate with Old Saxon biost, Middle Low German bêst, German Low German Biest, Old High German biost, Middle High German biest, German Biest, Old Frisian *biāst, North Frisian bjārst, bjüst, Saterland Frisian Biaost, West Frisian bjist, Old English bēost, English beest. More distantly related to Old High German biastr, Palatine German Briester, Switzerland German Briešt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bist/ Hyphenation: biest Rhymes: -ist Homophone: Biest === Noun === biest f (uncountable, no diminutive) beest, colostrum, beestings Synonym: biestmelk Het pasgeboren kalf heeft de biest al op. ― The newborn calf has already finished drinking the beestings. 1808, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 7, publ. P. H. Trap, page 164. ==== Derived terms ====