Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
beafsteak [sic]
English translation:
steak
Added to glossary by
Conor McAuley
May 11, 2004 12:12
20 yrs ago
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French term
France
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Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, Irish, British, Wales / Welsh, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
beafsteak [sic]
French to English
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Food & Drink
Beef cuts
Context: in a list of cuts of beef on sale in supermarkets.
Seems obvious but...I'm getting conflicting answers from dictionaries and online sources.
Not one of my specialist areas. Please help!
Seems obvious but...I'm getting conflicting answers from dictionaries and online sources.
Not one of my specialist areas. Please help!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | bifteck (french) / steak (english) |
Eva Gea
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| 5 +3 | bifteck |
Pierre POUSSIN
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| 5 +2 | Beware! |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 | Contre filet |
zaphod
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Proposed translations
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7 mins
Selected
bifteck (french) / steak (english)
Regards,
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot Eva, thanks to all other answerers too for your time and effort."
+3
4 mins
Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
Native in French
France
Fast and accurate.
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
bifteck
à la Française!
Peer comment(s):
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Graham macLachlan
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Merci!
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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moser.ilja
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Thank you!
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46 mins
Beware!
Can only repeat Jane's advice: chances are the animals are not cut up the same way. The similarity of "beefsteak/bifteck" and "rumsteck/rumpsteak" is no guarantee that we are talking about the same thing, but possibly a French variation thereof. I'm not even sure that "beefsteak" corresponds to any particular part of the animal (cf. rumpsteak, fillet steak, T-bone steak, etc.), whereas I think "bifteck" does.
Note also that "bifteck" is used for a cut from other animals, notably horsemeat, as in "bifteck de cheval"!
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Note added at 57 mins (2004-05-11 13:10:23 GMT)
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For one version of US cuts, look at:
http://www.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?cati...
All that\'s missing is a nice diagram!
Note also that "bifteck" is used for a cut from other animals, notably horsemeat, as in "bifteck de cheval"!
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Note added at 57 mins (2004-05-11 13:10:23 GMT)
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For one version of US cuts, look at:
http://www.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?cati...
All that\'s missing is a nice diagram!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: right on
5 mins
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| agree |
writeaway
: absolutely-Jane's advice should be taken-a bit of internet researching is needed. the cuts even change between France and Belgium.
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14 hrs
Contre filet
Is a sirloin, is a beefsteak, as opposed to a tenderloin (Filet).
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