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 and divides as bo-e-uf under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.