bife

From Portuguese bife, from English beef, from Old French buef, from Latin bovem (“ox”).

bife

1. steak

   bife pó bolacho ― steak milanese

2. cutlet
3. English person

• bifalhada

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#b

Borrowed from English beef, from Old French buef, from Latin bovem (“ox”). Doublet of boi.

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• Rhymes: -ifi, -ifɨ
• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

bife m (plural bifes, diminutive bifinho, augmentative bifão)

1. steak (slice of beef)

• Macanese: bife
• → Tetum: bife

bife m (plural bifes, feminine bifa, feminine plural bifas)

1. (Algarve, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur) English person

   Synonym: camone

• “bife”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bife”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bife”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French buffet.

• IPA^(key): /bǐfeː/
• Hyphenation: bi‧fe

bìfē m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѝфе̄)

1. buffet

• “bife”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Borrowed from English beef. Doublet of buey.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbife/ [ˈbi.fe]
• Rhymes: -ife
• Syllabification: bi‧fe

bife m (plural bifes)

1. (South America) steak

   Synonym: bistec

• “bife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025