Phrase guide

roast beef

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Beef cooked by roasting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A cut of beef that has been roasted.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A cut of beef intended for roasting.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A portion of roasted beef.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

cut of beef suitable for roasting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beef roast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roast, joint

History

Etymology

From roast + beef. Doublet of rosbif, a reborrowing.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَحْم بَقَر مَشْوِي (laḥm baqar mašwī) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Bulgarian: ростбиф (rostbif) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Catalan: rosbif — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烤牛肉 (kǎo niúròu) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Danish: oksesteg — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Danish: roastbeef — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Dutch: rosbief — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Dutch: roastbeef — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Finnish: paahtopaisti — Beef cooked by roasting
  • French: rosbif — Beef cooked by roasting
  • French: roastbeef — Beef cooked by roasting
  • German: Roastbeef — Beef cooked by roasting
  • German: Rinderbraten — Beef cooked by roasting
  • German: Rindsbraten — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Bavarian German: Rindsbråtn — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Greek: ροστ μπιφ (rost bif) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Greek: ροσμπίφ (rosmpíf) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Ido: rosbifo — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Indonesian: sapi panggang — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Irish: mairteoil rósta — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Italian: rosbif — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Italian: rosbiffe — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Italian: manzo arrosto — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Italian: manzo arrostito — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Italian: arrosto di manzo — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Japanese: ローストビーフ (rōsutobīfu) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Korean: 로스트비프 (roseuteubipeu) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Plautdietsch: Rintsbroden — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Polish: rostbef — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Portuguese: rosbife — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Russian: ро́стбиф (róstbif) — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Spanish: rosbif — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Swedish: rostbiff — Beef cooked by roasting
  • Turkish: rozbif — Beef cooked by roasting