steak
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steak
- /steɪk/
- /stɛːk/ Early Modern
Sounds like stake · Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”).
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
noun steaks
- Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
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A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.
venison steak, pork steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks
Similar: plank
- A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.
verb steaks · steaking · steaked
- To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak. Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tenderloin, sirloin, brisket, beef, meat, roast, porterhouse, dish, fillet, net, flesh, bone, flat, ribeye, t-bone, strip
Translations
Every language
noun slice of beef
| Español | bistec, bisté, filete |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스테이크 seuteikeu |
| 日本語 | ステーキ sutēki |
| 中文 | 牛排 niúpái |
| हिन्दी | स्टेक sṭek |
| Kiswahili | steki |
| Português | bife |
| Français | bifteck, steak |
| Deutsch | Steak, Beefsteak, Lendenschnitte, Schnitte |
| Italiano | bistecca |
| Ελληνικά | μπριζόλα brizóla, μπιφτέκι biftéki |
| Română | friptură |
| Русский | бифште́кс bifštɛ́ks, стейк stɛjk |
| Tiếng Việt | bít tết, miếng thịt |
| العربية | سْتَيْك stayk, سْتِيك steyk, سْتِيك stīk |
| עברית | אֻמְצָה \ אומצה umtsá, סטייק, סְטֵיְק steyk |
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title = {steak},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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