bife

See also: bifê

Macanese

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws

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

Noun

bife

1. steak

   bife pó bolacho ― steak milanese

2. cutlet
3. English person

Related terms

• bifalhada

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

Noun

bife m (plural bifes)

1. steak (slice of beef)

Derived terms

• bifalhada
• bifana
• bifão
• bife a cavalo
• bife tártaro
• bifeira
• bifinho

Related terms

• bisteca
• boi
• bovino
• rosbife

Descendants

• Macanese: bife
• → Tetum: bife

Noun

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

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

   Synonym: camone

Further reading

• “bife”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bife”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “bife”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buffet.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bìfē m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѝфе̄)

1. buffet

Declension

Declension of bife

	singular	plural
nominative	bìfē	bifèi
genitive	bifèa	biféā
dative	bifeu	bifeima
accusative	bife	bifee
vocative	bifeu / bifee	bifei
locative	bifeu	bifeima
instrumental	bifeom	bifeima

References

• “bife”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English beef. Doublet of buey.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bife m (plural bifes)

1. (South America) steak

   Synonym: bistec

Further reading

• “bife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024