bavette

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæˈvɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bavette (“slobber-inducing”).

Noun

bavette (plural bavettes)

1. (meat) A kind of beefsteak
   1. beef flank steak
   2. beef flap steak
   3. beef skirt steak

Translations

flank steak — see flank steak

Etymology 2

From Italian bavette (“bavetta”) (dribble-inducing).

Noun

bavette (uncountable)

1. (pasta) A type of thick spaghetti.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: bavetta

French

Etymology

From bave (“drool”) +‎ -ette (“diminutive”).

• (bib): From being a drool accessory, a drool protector
• (steak): From being slobber-inducing

Pronunciation

• (FR) IPA^(key): /ba.vɛt/

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Noun

bavette f (plural bavettes)

1. bib

   Synonym: bavoir

2. bavette
   1. beef flank steak
   2. beef flap steak

      Synonym: bavette de bas de surlonge

Derived terms

• bavette de bas de surlonge
• tailler une bavette

 

Descendants

• → English: bavette
• → Romanian: bavetă

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

bavette f

1. plural of bavetta

West Flemish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bavette.

Noun

bavette f (plural bavettn, diminutive bavetje)

1. bib