Mannelijk

bifteck

Betekenis

Concepten

(Engels)

beefsteak (a steak of beef)

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bif.tɛk/

Geleend van Engels

beefsteak

In summary

18th century, from English beefsteak with the cluster /fst/ reduced to /ft/ (or less often to /st/). The spelling was highly variable up into the 20th century until bifteck established itself, which is phonetic but adds the “un-French” -k, be it as a pseudo-English form or after the related steak (whose spelling remained unaltered).