Standard Lemma guide

beet

name · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • bēt
  • /biːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: beat
  • rhymes with -iːt
  • CMU ARPABET: B IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The beet is a hardy species.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To improve; to mend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To kindle a fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To rouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

round red root vegetable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beetroot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: root vegetable

Narrower terms: sugar beet, mangel-wurzel

8

noun

Meaning 8

biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common beet, Beta vulgaris

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable

Narrower terms: beetroot, Beta vulgaris rubra, chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla, mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel, mangold, Beta vulgaris vulgaris, sugar beet

History

Etymology

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: panxhar — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Albanian: rrepë — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Arabic: شَمَنْدَر (šamandar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Arabic: بَنْجَر (banjar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Arabic: بنجر (bangar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Arabic: بنجر (bánjar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Armenian: ճակնդեղ (čakndeġ) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Armenian: բազուկ (bazuk) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Azerbaijani: çuğundur — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Bashkir: сөгөлдөр (sögöldör) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Belarusian: бура́к (burák) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Bulgarian: цвекло́ (cvekló) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Catalan: remolatxa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Catalan: bleda-rave — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 莙薘菜 /莙荙菜 (jūndácài) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牛皮菜 (niúpícài) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Cornish: betys — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Cornish: betysen — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Cree: mishkoskatask — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Czech: řepa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Danish: bede — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Dutch: biet — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Dutch: kroot — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Esperanto: beto — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Estonian: peet — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Faroese: rót — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Finnish: juurikas — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • French: betterave — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • French: bette — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Galician: beterraba — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Galician: remolacha — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Georgian: ჭარხალი (č̣arxali) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • German: Bete — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • German: Rübe — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Greek: κοκκινογούλι (kokkinogoúli) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Greek: ζαχαρότευτλο (zacharóteftlo) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Ancient Greek: τεῦτλον (teûtlon) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Ancient Greek: σεῦτλον (seûtlon) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Hawaiian: pika — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Hebrew: סלק (sélek) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Hindi: चुक़ंदर (cuqandar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Hindi: चुकंदर (cukandar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Hungarian: cékla — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Hungarian: cukorrépa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Ido: beto — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Indonesian: bit merah — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Ingrian: vööglä — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Irish: biatas — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Italian: bietola — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Italian: bieta — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Japanese: ビート (bīto) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Japanese: ビートルート (bītorūto) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Khmer: មើមស្ពៃ (məəmspɨy) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • K'iche': remola'ch — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Korean: 비트 (biteu) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Korean: 근대 (geundae) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Central Kurdish: چەوەندەر (çewender) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Northern Kurdish: şilindir — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Northern Kurdish: çewender — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Northern Kurdish: pincar — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Kyrgyz: кызылча (kızılca) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Latin: bēta — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Latin: acelga — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Latvian: biete — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Lezgi: чугъундур (čuġundur) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Low German: Beet — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Macedonian: репка (repka) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Malay: ubi bit merah — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Maltese: pitravi — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Māori: pīti — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Middle English: bete — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Navajo: łeehdoolʼeez łichííʼí — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Norwegian: roe — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Occitan: bledarava — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Persian: چغندر (čoġondar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Plautdietsch: Beet (nds) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Polish: burak — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Portuguese: beterraba — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Romanian: nap — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Romanian: sfeclă — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Russian: свёкла (svjókla) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Serbo-Croatian: ре̏па — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȅpa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Slovak: repa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Slovene: pesa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Southern Altai: свекла (svekla) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Spanish: remolacha — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Spanish: betabel — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Spanish: betarraga — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Spanish: beterava — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Spanish: beterraga — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Spanish: betarrata — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Swedish: rova — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Tagalog: remolatsa — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Tajik: лаблабу (lablabu) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Talysh: чәғынде — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Tigrinya: ብንጅር (bənǧər) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Tigrinya: ሱር (sur) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Turkish: pancar — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Turkish: çükündür — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Ukrainian: буря́к (burják) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Unami: màxkchëphìk — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Urdu: چوقبدر (cuqandar) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Vietnamese: củ cải ngọt — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Volapük: betad — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Yiddish: בוריק (burik) — Beta vulgaris — see also chard
  • Finnish: juurikas — a root
  • German: Rote Bete — a root
  • Greek: κοκκινογούλι (kokkinogoúli) — a root
  • Ancient Greek: τεῦτλον (teûtlon) — a root
  • Ancient Greek: σεῦτλον (seûtlon) — a root
  • Hungarian: cékla — a root
  • Italian: barbabietola — a root
  • Polish: burak — a root
  • Tamil: பீட்ரூட் (pīṭrūṭ) — a root
  • Tamil: செங்கிழங்கு (ceṅkiḻaṅku) — a root
  • Turkish: pancar — a root
  • Turkish: çükündür — a root