entrecôte

See also: entrecote and Entrecote

English

WOTD – 20 March 2025

Etymology

PIE word
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A piece of entrecôte.
Grilled entrecôte served at a restaurant in Espoo, Finland.

Borrowed from French entrecôte, from entre (between) + côte (rib).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒntɹəkəʊt/, (following the French pronunciation) /ˈɒ̃tɹə-/, /ɒntɹəˈkəʊt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑntɹəˌkoʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt (one pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: en‧tre‧côte

Noun

entrecôte (countable and uncountable, plural entrecôtes)

  1. Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
    Coordinate terms: ribeye steak, ribsteak
    • 1841 June, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Memorials of Gormandising. In a Letter to Oliver Yorke, Esq.”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XXIII, number CXXXVIII, London: James Fraser, [], →OCLC, page 715, column 2:
      Any dispute about the relative excellence of the beefsteak cut from the filet, as is usual in France, and of the entrecote, must henceforth be idle and absurd. Whenever, my dear young friend, you go to Paris, call at once for the entrecote; the filet in comparison to it is a poor fade lady's meat.
    • 1857 June, “Editor‘s Easy Chair”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XV, number LXXXV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, [], →OCLC, page 278, column 2:
      The six or the dozen premium cattle are killed, cooked, and tasted by appointed judges; the sirloin is stewed, broiled, roasted, and under each aspect offered to the epicures. The tail is souped, baked, and tested in its turn; the brain is submitted to a French fry, and the entrecotes to a broil with onions.
    • 1877, [Eneas Sweetland Dallas], “Bordeaux, Bordelese”, in Kettner’s Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery Practical, Theoretical, Historical, London: Dulau and Co. [], →OCLC, page 80:
      The famous capital of the Gascon country has given its name to a sauce, to a method of serving the entrecôte or ribsteak, and to the cooking of the crayfish.
    • 1884, Felix J. Déliée, “No. 154. Sunday, June 3.—Bill of Fare for Eight Persons: []”, in The Franco-American Cookery Book or How to Live Well and Wisely Every Day in the Year [], New York, N.Y.; London: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons [], →OCLC, page 261:
      Entrecôtes of Beef à la Rockaway.—Choose three thick and tender entrecôtes of beef; pare and flatten with the cleaver; season with salt and pepper, baste with oil and broil rather rare at the least moment over a moderate charcoal fire; [] dish up the entrecôtes with a little butter, smother with the onions, and serve with scraped horseradish on a plate.
    • 1895, A. Kenney Herbert, “Menu XIV. (February or March.)”, in Fifty Dinners, London; New York, N.Y.: Edward Arnold, →OCLC, page 75:
      The entrecote, or between-the-bone steak, cut from a piece of the ribs of beef, makes a capital pièce de résistance for a little home dinner.
    • 1998 February, Detlef Gens, “Cat Confessions: After a Year of Cruising Europe on a Catamaran, a Former ‘Monomaran’ Sailor Mulls the Pros and Cons of Cruising on Two Hulls”, in Herb McCormick, editor, Cruising World, Newport, R.I.: Cruising World Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55, column 1:
      [T]he mate cooked dinner using only genuine French entrecôtes scooped from the deep-freezer in the well-equipped galley, []
    • 2011 August 26, Tim Neville, “Over the Alps on a Bike With a Boost”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 June 2015:
      We took hot showers and headed for the pub, where we tore into plates of entrecôte and chicken, and lingered late into the night with a small bottle of red Swiss-Italian wine.
    • 2025 February 10, Colette Davidson, “Farming in France is on the Decline. Who will Feed the French?”, in The Christian Science Monitor[2], Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 February 2025:
      On a quaint cobblestone street in Houdan, customers file in and out of the Café de la Paroisse during the lunch rush. On the menu board are the letters "VF" – viande française – to show that its steak tartare and entrecôte are made with meat originating in France.

Translations

References

  1. ^ entrecôte, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024.
  2. ^ entrecôte, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑn.trəˈkɔːt/
  • Hyphenation: en‧tre‧cô‧te

Noun

entrecôte f (plural entrecôtes, diminutive entrecôtetje n)

  1. superseded spelling of entrecote

Finnish

Etymology

< French entrecôte

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑntrekot/, [ˈɑ̝n̪.t̪re̞ko̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntrekot

Noun

entrecôte

  1. entrecôte (premium cut of beef)
    Synonym: välikyljys

Usage notes

  • Often spelled entrecote, which is considered nonstandard.

Declension

Inflection of entrecôte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative entrecôte entrecôtet
genitive entrecôten entrecôtejen
partitive entrecôtea entrecôteja
illative entrecôteen entrecôteihin
singular plural
nominative entrecôte entrecôtet
accusative nom. entrecôte entrecôtet
gen. entrecôten
genitive entrecôten entrecôtejen
entrecôtein rare
partitive entrecôtea entrecôteja
inessive entrecôtessa entrecôteissa
elative entrecôtesta entrecôteista
illative entrecôteen entrecôteihin
adessive entrecôtella entrecôteilla
ablative entrecôtelta entrecôteilta
allative entrecôtelle entrecôteille
essive entrecôtena entrecôteina
translative entrecôteksi entrecôteiksi
abessive entrecôtetta entrecôteitta
instructive entrecôtein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of entrecôte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative entrecôteni entrecôteni
accusative nom. entrecôteni entrecôteni
gen. entrecôteni
genitive entrecôteni entrecôtejeni
entrecôteini rare
partitive entrecôteani entrecôtejani
inessive entrecôtessani entrecôteissani
elative entrecôtestani entrecôteistani
illative entrecôteeni entrecôteihini
adessive entrecôtellani entrecôteillani
ablative entrecôteltani entrecôteiltani
allative entrecôtelleni entrecôteilleni
essive entrecôtenani entrecôteinani
translative entrecôtekseni entrecôteikseni
abessive entrecôtettani entrecôteittani
instructive
comitative entrecôteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative entrecôtesi entrecôtesi
accusative nom. entrecôtesi entrecôtesi
gen. entrecôtesi
genitive entrecôtesi entrecôtejesi
entrecôteisi rare
partitive entrecôteasi entrecôtejasi
inessive entrecôtessasi entrecôteissasi
elative entrecôtestasi entrecôteistasi
illative entrecôteesi entrecôteihisi
adessive entrecôtellasi entrecôteillasi
ablative entrecôteltasi entrecôteiltasi
allative entrecôtellesi entrecôteillesi
essive entrecôtenasi entrecôteinasi
translative entrecôteksesi entrecôteiksesi
abessive entrecôtettasi entrecôteittasi
instructive
comitative entrecôteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative entrecôtemme entrecôtemme
accusative nom. entrecôtemme entrecôtemme
gen. entrecôtemme
genitive entrecôtemme entrecôtejemme
entrecôteimme rare
partitive entrecôteamme entrecôtejamme
inessive entrecôtessamme entrecôteissamme
elative entrecôtestamme entrecôteistamme
illative entrecôteemme entrecôteihimme
adessive entrecôtellamme entrecôteillamme
ablative entrecôteltamme entrecôteiltamme
allative entrecôtellemme entrecôteillemme
essive entrecôtenamme entrecôteinamme
translative entrecôteksemme entrecôteiksemme
abessive entrecôtettamme entrecôteittamme
instructive
comitative entrecôteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative entrecôtenne entrecôtenne
accusative nom. entrecôtenne entrecôtenne
gen. entrecôtenne
genitive entrecôtenne entrecôtejenne
entrecôteinne rare
partitive entrecôteanne entrecôtejanne
inessive entrecôtessanne entrecôteissanne
elative entrecôtestanne entrecôteistanne
illative entrecôteenne entrecôteihinne
adessive entrecôtellanne entrecôteillanne
ablative entrecôteltanne entrecôteiltanne
allative entrecôtellenne entrecôteillenne
essive entrecôtenanne entrecôteinanne
translative entrecôteksenne entrecôteiksenne
abessive entrecôtettanne entrecôteittanne
instructive
comitative entrecôteinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative entrecôtensa entrecôtensa
accusative nom. entrecôtensa entrecôtensa
gen. entrecôtensa
genitive entrecôtensa entrecôtejensa
entrecôteinsa rare
partitive entrecôteaan
entrecôteansa
entrecôtejaan
entrecôtejansa
inessive entrecôtessaan
entrecôtessansa
entrecôteissaan
entrecôteissansa
elative entrecôtestaan
entrecôtestansa
entrecôteistaan
entrecôteistansa
illative entrecôteensa entrecôteihinsa
adessive entrecôtellaan
entrecôtellansa
entrecôteillaan
entrecôteillansa
ablative entrecôteltaan
entrecôteltansa
entrecôteiltaan
entrecôteiltansa
allative entrecôtelleen
entrecôtellensa
entrecôteilleen
entrecôteillensa
essive entrecôtenaan
entrecôtenansa
entrecôteinaan
entrecôteinansa
translative entrecôtekseen
entrecôteksensa
entrecôteikseen
entrecôteiksensa
abessive entrecôtettaan
entrecôtettansa
entrecôteittaan
entrecôteittansa
instructive
comitative entrecôteineen
entrecôteinensa

French

Etymology

First attested in 1746. From entre (between) + côte (rib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.kot/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

entrecôte f (plural entrecôtes)

  1. entrecôte, a type of steak

Descendants

  • Danish: entrecote
  • Dutch: entrecôte
  • English: entrecôte
  • Romanian: antricot
  • Russian: антрекот (antrekot)
  • Swedish: entrecôte
  • Turkish: antrikot

Further reading

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French entrecôte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋtrɛˈkoːt/, /antrɛˈkoːt/
  • IPA(key): (hyperforeign) /aŋtrɛˈkoː/, /antrɛˈkoː/
  • Rhymes: -oːt, (hyperforeign) -oː
  • Hyphenation: en‧tre‧côte

Noun

entrecôte c

  1. entrecôte

Declension

Declension of entrecôte
nominative genitive
singular indefinite entrecôte entrecôtes
definite entrecôten entrecôtens
plural indefinite entrecôter entrecôters
definite entrecôterna entrecôternas

References