bœuf

Signification

1. ox
2. bullock, steer
3. beef
4. jam session
5. (slang) a police officer; a pig

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bœf/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French bœuf, from Old French buef, boef, from Latin bovem (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (compare English cow).
The music sense derives from the expression “faire un Bœuf”, after the Parisian cabaret-bar Le Bœuf sur le toit where jam sessions were held.

Phrases

Les médecins de l'époque encouragent la population à manger du bœuf .

Doctors at the time encouraged the population to eat beef.