🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

carne bovina

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈkarne boˈvina/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Beef/biːf/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La carne bovina è molto saporita."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food.

    "They ordered roast beef with potatoes for dinner."
As verb
  1. 1

    To complain or grumble about something.

    "He spent the whole evening beefing about his new job."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'boeuf' (ox, beef), originating from Latin 'bovem', accusative of 'bos' (ox, cow). Introduced to Middle English following the Norman Conquest in the 12th century, distinguishing the meat (beef) from the live animal (ox/cow).

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