beet

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

betterave

bette

belte

betterave fourragère

betteravier

rave

beta vulgaris

betterave rouge

Synonymes

beetroot

red beet

common beet

Beta vulgaris

garden beet

vegetable

sugarbeet

table beet

beetroot

bulbous plant

root

sugar beet

turnip

Traductions

barbabietola

Rübe

remolacha

biet

beterraba

kroot

mangelwortel

beetwortel

remolatxa

κοκκινογούλι

παντζάρι

rote Rübe

Bete

beta

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/biːt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bete

Hérité de ancien anglais: bēte

In summary

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