bete
See also: Bete, bète, and bête
English
Verb
bete
- Obsolete spelling of beat
- Obsolete spelling of beet
Anagrams
- Beet, beet
Afrikaans
Noun
bete
- plural of beet
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *bete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bete/, [be̞.t̪e̞]
Verb
bete ? (present participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze)
- to fill
- to satisfy
- to fulfill, carry out
- to fill in, fill out
- to expire, run out, exhaust (time)
Further reading
- "bete" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “bete” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
bete
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of bijten
Anagrams
- beet
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbeːtə]
Audio (file) Audio (Bavarian) (file) - Homophones: Beete, Bete
Verb
bete
- inflection of beten:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Italian
Noun
bete f
- plural of beta
Anagrams
- Tebe
Latin
Verb
bēte
- second-person singular present active imperative of bētō
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.
Noun
bēte f
- bite
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: beet
- Limburgish: beet
Further reading
- “bete (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bete (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Etymology 1
Despite the gap in attestation, apparently inherited from Old English bēte, from Proto-West Germanic *bētā, from Latin bēta, of unknown origin.
Alternative forms
- beet
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːt(ə)/
Noun
bete (plural betes)
- beet (plant of the genusBeta or its root or leaves)
Descendants
- English: beet
- → Hawaiian: piki
- → Maori: pīti
References
- “bẹ̄te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Verb
bete
- Alternative form of beten (“to beat”)
Verb
bete
- Alternative form of beten (“to fix”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bete m
- beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
- bit; a portion of something.
- crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bete m
- beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
- bit; a portion of something
- crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- beta
Verb
bete
- third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.t(ɨ)/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: be‧te
Verb
bete
- inflection of betar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe.te/
Adjective
bete f pl or n pl
- feminine/neuter plural of beat
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/
Audio (file)
Noun
bete n
- bait
- what an animal eats when grazing
Declension
| Declension of bete | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bete | betet | beten | betena |
| Genitive | betes | betets | betens | betenas |
Derived terms
- (bait): beta
- (what an animal eats): beta, grönbete
Etymology 2
Related to bita (“to bite”). Also see Icelandic biti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/
Noun
bete c
- tusk
Declension
| Declension of bete | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bete | beten | betar | betarna |
| Genitive | betes | betens | betars | betarnas |
Derived terms
- (tusk): elefantbete
Etymology 3
be- + te (“appear”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛˈteː/
Verb
bete (present beter, preterite betedde, supine betett, imperative bete)
- (reflexive) to behave (oneself)
- Han beter sig väl
- He's behaving well
Conjugation
Conjugation of bete (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bete | — | ||
| Supine | betett | — | ||
| Imperative | bete | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | beten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | beter | betedde | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | bete | betedde | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | bete | betedde | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | beteende | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- beteende
Further reading
- bete in Svensk ordbok.
Ternate
bete
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbe.te]
Noun
bete (Jawi بيتي)
- eddoe (Colocasia antiquorum)
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh