bette

See also: Bette and Betté

French

Etymology

From Latin bēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛt/

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• Homophones: bettes (general), bête, bêtes (except regionally)
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

bette f (plural bettes)

1. chard (vegetable)

   Synonym: blette

2. beet plant
3. (Quebec, regional) beet, beetroot (vegetable)

Usage notes

• The most common popular and commercial term for the vegetable in Quebec, as elsewhere, is betterave.

Further reading

• “bette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

bette

1. inflection of betten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Mayo

Adjective

bette

1. heavy

References

• Collard, Howard; Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984), Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 82, 121

Middle English

Adverb

bette

1. alternative form of bet

Adjective

bette

1. alternative form of bet

Noun

bette

1. alternative form of bet

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbetːə/

Noun

bette n

1. bed

   Siu lît ûf dëm bette. ― She is lying on the bed.

2. flowerbed

Declension

Declension of bette (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	bette	diu	bette
genitive	eines	dës	bettes	dër	bette
dative	eime	dëm	bette	dën	betten
accusative	ein	daȥ	bette	diu	bette

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Bett

  Swabian: Bedd

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: pett

• German: Bett (“bed”), Beet (“flowerbed”)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “bette”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Norman

Etymology

From Latin bēta.

Noun

bette f (plural bettes)

1. (Jersey) spinach

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːt.te/

Verb

bētte

1. inflection of bētan:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive