wagyu
English
A filet of wagyu beef
Etymology
From Japanese 和牛 (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC ɦuɑ, “a gloss for 倭 (MC ʔuɑ, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ŋɨu, “cow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwæɡ.juː/, /ˈwɑːɡ.juː/, (nonstandard) /ˈwæ.ɡuː/
Noun
wagyu (plural wagyu)
- Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
- 2009 January 19, Corey Mintz, “Susur and the City”, in Toronto Star:
- Slices of wagyu beef come with spheres of root vegetables and mini-towers of polenta.
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Synonyms
- Kobe
Derived terms
- washugyu
Translations
breed of cattle
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 和牛 (wagyū), from 和 (わ, wa, “Japan”) + 牛 (ぎゅう, gyū, “cow, bull, ox, cattle; beef”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.ɡʲu/
- Hyphenation: wa‧gyu
Noun
wagyu (first-person possessive wagyuku, second-person possessive wagyumu, third-person possessive wagyunya)
- (cooking) wagyu: any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
Further reading
- “wagyu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Noun
wagyu m (plural wagyus)
- wagyu