bife

From Portuguese bife, from English beef, from Old French buef, from Latin bovem (“ox”).

bife

1. steak

   bife pó bolacho ― steak milanese

2. cutlet
3. English person

• bifalhada

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#b

Borrowed from English beef, from Old French buef, from Latin bovem (“ox”). Doublet of boi.

• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

bife m (plural bifes)

1. steak (slice of beef)

• Macanese: bife
• → Tetum: bife

bife m (plural bifes, feminine bifa, feminine plural bifas)

1. (Algarve, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur) English person

   Synonym: camone

• “bife”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Borrowed from French buffet.

• IPA^(key): /bǐfeː/
• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

bìfē m (Cyrillic spelling бѝфе̄)

1. buffet

• “bife” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Borrowed from English beef. Doublet of buey.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbife/ [ˈbi.fe]
• Rhymes: -ife
• Syllabification: bi‧fe

bife m (plural bifes)

1. (South America) steak

   Synonym: bistec

• “bife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014