biet

biet

1. past participle of bie

• beet

From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

• IPA^(key): /bit/

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• Hyphenation: biet
• Rhymes: -it
• Homophones: beat, bied, biedt

biet f (plural bieten, diminutive bietje n)

1. beet, beetroot plant or tuber of the genus Beta, esp. Beta vulgaris

• Afrikaans: beet
• → Indonesian: bit

• biet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• IPA^(key): /biːt/
• Homophone: Beat

biet

1. singular imperative of bieten
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bieten

biet

1. inflection of bieden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

From Arabic بَاتَ (bāta).

• IPA^(key): /bɪːt/

biet (imperfect jbit, past participle mibjut)

1. to spend the night, to stay overnight

• IPA^(key): /bi͜yːt/

bīet

1. third-person singular present indicative of bēatan

Unknown. Most probably from Latin vetus (in which case it is related to bătrân (“old”)), via the extended sense of something old being in a 'poor condition'. Perhaps semantically influenced by Slavic *bědьnъ (“poor”), if not entirely derived from it. Compare Italian vieto (“old”).

• IPA^(key): /bjet/

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biet m or n (feminine singular biată, masculine plural bieți, feminine and neuter plural biete)

1. poor, unhappy, sad

   Bietul băiat! ― Poor boy!

Unlike most adjectives, biet can only be used before the noun it modifies.

biet

1. definite singular of bi

• IPA^(key): /biˈet/

biet (nominative plural biets)

1. bitterness

• bied