beet

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English bete, from Latin beta. Most likely of Celtic etymology.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bēt, IPA^(key): /biːt/
• Homophone: beat
• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

beet (plural beets)

1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

   The beet is a hardy species.

   There are beets growing over these.

2. A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

See also

• chard
• mangelwurzel
• orach
• spinach

References

• beet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• beets on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Beta vulgaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Beta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• beet at University of Melbourne "Sorting plant names"

Anagrams

• bete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biət]

Noun

beet (plural [please provide])

1. beetroot

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːt
• IPA^(key): /beːt/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bēte, from Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Anagrams

• bete

Verb

beet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of beō

Alternative forms

• baête (continental Normandy)
• bête (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

Noun

beet f (plural beets)

1. (Sark) animal