different between bereft vs bef

English

Etymology

Form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????ft/
• Rhymes: -?ft

Verb

bereft

1. simple past tense and past participle of bereave

Adjective

bereft (not comparable)

1. (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
2. Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?f/
• Hyphenation: bef
• Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch beffe (“cap, collar”), from Old French biffe. Further origin uncertain. Compare German Beffchen.

Noun

bef f (plural beffen, diminutive befje n)

1. (archaic) collar
2. an ornamental pair of bands worn hanging over the chest, notably as part of formal dress by magistrates, professors and certain Catholic and Protestant clergy
3. by analogy, any of certain other similar objects
4. a patch on the throat or chest of a different color on cats or dogs
5. (slang) the vulva

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

bef f (plural beffen, diminutive befje n)

1. a nickname for an unspecified small Dutch coin

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bef

1. first-person singular present indicative of beffen
2. imperative of beffen

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French boeuf

Noun

bef

1. bull
2. beef

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beef, bouf, beof, buf, boef, bief, beffe, befe

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman beof, Old French buef; ultimately from Latin bovem, accusative of b?s. Doublet of cou.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /bø?f/
• IPA^(key): /be?f/

Noun

bef (uncountable)

1. beef; cow flesh or meat
2. A bovine or its carcass

Descendants

• English: beef
• Scots: beef

References

• “b??f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French boeuf

Noun

bef

1. bull
2. beef

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bef/

Noun

bef (nominative plural befs)

1. alcove

Declension