different between ribeye vs scotch

English

Noun

ribeye (plural ribeyes)

1. Ellipsis of ribeye steak; (a boneless ribsteak); (a cut of steak from the beef rib)
2. Synonym of ribsteak (an unfilleted ribsteak, with the bone-in)

Alternative forms

• rib eye
• rib-eye

Synonyms

• Scotch fillet (Australia, New Zealand)

Related terms

• ribsteak

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sk?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sk?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.

Noun

scotch (plural scotches)

1. A surface cut or abrasion.
2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
3. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 4

     He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.

Derived terms

• hopscotch

Translations

Verb

scotch (third-person singular simple present scotches, present participle scotching, simple past and past participle scotched)

1. (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
2. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.

   Synonyms: foil, put the kibosh on, thwart

3. (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.

4. (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.

   Synonyms: chock, block

   • 1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, 1910s, OCLC 225424669, page 69:

     The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose.

5. (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
6. (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.

   Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. [1]

7. (transitive, obsolete) To clothe or cover up.

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

scotch (comparative more scotch, superlative most scotch)

1. Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”)

Noun

scotch (countable and uncountable, plural scotches)

1. Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”)

Etymology 3

From 3M's Scotch tape.

Noun

scotch (uncountable)

1. Scotch tape

Verb

scotch (third-person singular simple present scotches, present participle scotching, simple past and past participle scotched)

1. (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) To rape.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?t?/

Etymology 1

From English scotch.

Noun

scotch m (plural scotchs)

1. scotch (whisky)

Etymology 2

From 3M's Scotch tape. Genericized trademark.

Noun

scotch m (uncountable)

1. Scotch tape, sticky tape

   Synonyms: papier collant, ruban adhésif

Derived terms

• scotcher

Further reading

• “scotch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?t??/

Noun

scotch m (invariable)

1. scotch (whiskey)
2. adhesive tape

   Synonym: nastro adesivo