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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesミディアムウェル
Pronunciation / Transliteration: midiamu weru
"ステーキはミディアムウェルでお願いします。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Cooked such that the meat is mostly firm and brownish throughout, with only a very faint trace of pink in the center.
"He prefers his steak medium-well so that it is not too bloody."
- 1
A steak or other cut of meat cooked to this specific degree of doneness.
"The waiter wrote down two mediums and one medium-well for the order."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound adjective combining 'medium' (derived from Latin 'medius', meaning middle) and 'well' (from Old English 'wel', denoting thoroughly or to a high degree). It emerged in culinary contexts during the 20th century in North American English to designate a specific degree of meat doneness where the center is slightly pink.
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à point en bien cuit
Transliteration: a pwɛ̃ ɑ̃ bjɛ̃ kɥi
Script: à point bien cuit
"Je voudrais mon steak à point bien cuit, s'il vous plaît."
mittel bis durch
Transliteration: mɪtl̩ bɪs dʊʁç
"Ich hätte mein Steak gerne medium bis durch."
ben cotto
Transliteration: bɛn ˈkɔt.to
"Ho ordinato la bistecca ben cotta."
tres cuartos
Transliteration: tɾes ˈkwaɾ.tos
"Prefiero la carne tres cuartos."
ao ponto para bem passado
Transliteration: aw ˈpõ.tu ˈpa.ɾɐ bẽ paˈsa.du
"O bife foi pedido ao ponto para bem passado."
मध्यम-अच्छी तरह पका हुआ
Transliteration: madhyam-achchhi tarah paka hua
"मुझे अपनी स्टेक मध्यम-अच्छी तरह पकी हुई चाहिए।"
七分熟
Transliteration: qī fēn shú
"我要一份七分熟的牛排。"
미디엄 웰던
Transliteration: midieom weldeon
"스테이크는 미디엄 웰던으로 주세요."
ミディアムウェル
Transliteration: midiamu weru
"ステーキはミディアムウェルでお願いします。"
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