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steak

/sˈteɪk/STAYK
/sˈteɪk/STAYK

Meaninga roast

Common meaning: a thick slice of beef

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STIG‘stick or pierce, to sting, prick’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 428, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)steik‘roast meat’source
  3. Middle Englishsteikesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsroast meat → a thick slice of beefsteak‘a thick slice of beef’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) steik ‘a piece of meat roasted on a stick’.

Roots

  • steik Old Norse (Icelandic) “a piece of meat roasted on a stick”

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