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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