different between beret vs beet

English

Etymology

From French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.e?/, /?be?.e?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b???e?/
• Rhymes: -?re?, -e?

Noun

beret (plural berets)

1. A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Hyponyms

• caubeen

Derived terms

• Green Beret

Translations

See also

• beret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• B-tree, Ebert

Polish

Etymology

From French béret, from Occitan berret (“cap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.r?t/

Noun

beret m inan (diminutive berecik)

1. beret (headwear)

Declension

Derived terms

• jaja jak berety
• moherowy beret

Further reading

• beret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

beret n (plural berete)

1. Alternative form of beret?

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?t, IPA^(key): /bi?t/
• Homophone: beat
• Rhymes: -i?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English bete, from Old English bete, from Latin beta. Most likely of Celtic etymology.

Noun

beet (plural beets)

1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

   The beet is a hardy species.

   There are beets growing over these.

2. A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chard
• mangelwurzel
• orach
• spinach

References

• beet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• beets on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Beta vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Beta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• beet at University of Melbourne "Sorting plant names"

Etymology 2

From Old English b?tan.

Alternative forms

• bete

Verb

beet

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

Anagrams

• bete

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beet, variant of biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin b?ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi??t/, [bi?t]

Noun

beet (plural bete)

1. beetroot

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?t/
• Hyphenation: beet
• Rhymes: -e?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch b?te, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun

beet m (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

1. bite

Derived terms

• beetgaar
• beethebben
• beetnemen
• beetpakken

Related terms

• bijten

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin b?ta.

Noun

beet f (plural beten, diminutive beetje n)

1. Alternative form of biet.

Derived terms

• beetwortel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

beet

1. singular past indicative of bijten

Anagrams

• bete

Finnish

Noun

beet

1. nominative plural of bee

Latin

Verb

beet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of be?

Norman

Alternative forms

• baête (continental Normandy)
• bête (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French beste, from Latin b?stia.

Noun

beet f (plural beets)

1. (Sark) animal