buef

See also: büf

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

buef (ORB)

  1. Alternative form of bôf (“ox”)

References
  • bœuf in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • buef in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Old French

Alternative forms
  • boef
  • beof (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin bovem. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese boi and Old Spanish buey.

Noun

buef oblique singular, m (oblique plural bués, nominative singular bués, nominative plural buef)

  1. cow

Descendants
  • Middle French: bœuf
  • → Middle English: bef, beef, bouf, beof, buf, boef, bief, beffe, befe
    • English: beef (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: beef
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