beet

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
2. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

Verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To improve; to mend.
2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To kindle a fire.
3. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To rouse.

Conceptes

remolatxa

bleda-rave

Sinònims

beetroot

red beet

common beet

Beta vulgaris

garden beet

vegetable

sugarbeet

table beet

beetroot

bulbous plant

root

sugar beet

turnip

Traduccions

barbabietola

betterave

Rübe

remolacha

biet

beterraba

kroot

beetwortel

mangelwortel

κοκκινογούλι

παντζάρι

bette

rote Rübe

bietola

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/biːt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: bete

Heretat de anglès antic: bēte

In summary

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.