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boeuf

ox, beef

noun BUF Rare
Food & Drink Meat

Usage Note

Boeuf is usually written bœuf with the ligature. The final 'f' is pronounced in the singular but silent in the plural: un bœuf sounds like [buf] while des bœufs sounds like [buh]. As food, du bœuf means beef; in jazz slang, faire un bœuf means to have a jam session.

Examples

"Je voudrais un steak de boeuf, s'il vous plaît."

Natural Translation

I would like a beef steak, please.

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