boeuf

Other forms of boeuf

plural

boeufs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about boeuf

What does boeuf mean?

boeuf means "meat from an adult domestic bovine".

How many syllables are in boeuf?

boeuf has 3 syllables: bo-e-uf. The stress falls on "bo".

What is another word for boeuf?

Close synonyms include beef. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boeuf a common word?

boeuf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.