bœuf
See also: boeuf
French
Etymology
From Middle French bœuf, from Old French buef, boef, from Latin bovem, accusative of bōs (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.
The music sense derives from the expression “faire un Bœuf”, after the Parisian cabaret-bar Le Bœuf sur le toit where jam sessions were held.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bœf/
audio (file) Audio (Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -œf
Noun
bœuf m (plural bœufs)
- ox
- beef
- (music) jam session
- faire un bœuf ― to have a jam session
- (Quebec, slang, derogatory) a police officer; a pig
- 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 79:
- "T'as peut-être fait quelque chose de croche. Si toi tu le sais pas, les bœufs le savent, eux."
- "Maybe you did something wrong. Even if you don't know, the pigs will."
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References
Further reading
- “bœuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French buef, boef, from Latin bos, bovem.
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