bete

See also: Bete, bète, and bête

English

Verb

bete

1. Obsolete spelling of beat.
2. Obsolete spelling of beet.

Anagrams

• Beet, beet

Afrikaans

Noun

bete

1. plural of beet

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bete.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /bete/, [be̞.t̪e̞]

Verb

bete ? (imperfect participle betetzen, future participle beteko, short form bete, verbal noun betetze)

1. to fill
2. to satisfy
3. to fulfill, carry out
4. to fill in, fill out
5. to expire, run out, exhaust (time)

Further reading

• “bete”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “bete”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

bete

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bijten

Anagrams

• beet

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtə]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Bavaria):

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• Homophones: Beete, Bete

Verb

bete

1. inflection of beten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

Noun

bete f

1. plural of beta

Anagrams

• Tebe

Latin

Verb

bēte

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bētō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz.

Noun

bēte f

1. 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)

1. beet (plant of the genus Beta or its root or leaves)

Descendants

• English: beet
  • → Chickasaw: (from the plural) biits
  • → Hawaiian: piki
  • → Maori: pīti

References

• “bẹ̄te, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

bete

1. Alternative form of beten (“to beat”)

Etymology 3

Verb

bete

1. Alternative form of beten (“to fix”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bete m

1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
2. bit; a portion of something.
3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bete m

1. beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
2. bit; a portion of something
3. crossbeam, particularly in a cross frame timber structure

Old English

Verb

bete

1. first-person singular present indicative of bētan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• beta

Verb

bete

1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: be‧te

Verb

bete

1. inflection of betar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.te/

Adjective

bete f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural of beat

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse beita (“food, bait”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

bete n

1. bait

   en råttfälla med ost som bete

   a mousetrap with cheese as bait

   att använda en mask som bete

   to use a worm as bait

2. grazing (feeding of livestock by letting them graze)

   släppa ut kor på bete

   put cows out to pasture [on grazing – idiomatic]

3. pasturage (what livestock eat when out to pasture)

Declension

Declension of bete
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bete	betet	beten	betena
Genitive	betes	betets	betens	betenas

Derived terms

• (bait): beta
• (grazing): beta, betesmark (“pasture”), grönbete

See also

• agn (“bait for fishing”)

Etymology 2

Related to bita (“to bite”). Also see Icelandic biti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːˌtɛ/

Noun

bete c

1. a tusk

   Elefanter och valrossar har betar

   Elephants and walruses have tusks

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)

1. (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.

Related terms

• beteende

References

• bete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

bete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbe.te]

Noun

bete (Jawi بيتي)

1. 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