oxtail

English

Etymology

From Middle English ox tayll, from Old English oxan tæġl (literally “ox's tail”), equivalent to ox +‎ tail.

Pronunciation

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Noun

oxtail (plural oxtails)

1. The tail of an ox or cow.
2. A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.

Translations

meat from the tail of a cow

• Afrikaans: beesstert
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛尾 (niúwěi)

• Czech: hovězí oháňka f
• Dutch: ossenstaart (nl) m
• Estonian: härjasaba
• Finnish: häränhäntä
• French: queue de bœuf f
• German: Ochsenschwanz (de) m, (Austria) Ochsenschlepp (de) m
• Greek: βοδινή ουρά f (vodiní ourá)
• Hungarian: ökörfark
• Indonesian: ekor sapi
• Italian: coda di bue f
• Jamaican Creole: axtiel
• Japanese: オックステール (okkusutēru)
• Javanese: buntut sapi
• Korean: 소꼬리 (sokkori)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gadûv

• Manx: arbyl dow m
• Norwegian: oksehale m
• Polish: ogon wołowy m
• Portuguese: rabo de touro m, (Brazil) rabada (pt) f
• Russian: воло́вий хвост m (volóvij xvost)
• Spanish: rabo de toro m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: đuôi bò