buef

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Franco-Provençal

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Adjective

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buef (ORB, narrow)

  1. Alternative form of bôf (ox)

References

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  • bœuf in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • buef in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bovem. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese boi and Old Spanish buey.

Noun

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buef oblique singularm (oblique plural bués, nominative singular bués, nominative plural buef)

  1. cow
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Descendants

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  • Middle French: bœuf
  • Middle English: bef, beef, bouf, beof, buf, boef, bief, beffe, befe
    • English: beef (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: beef