See also méat
English [ ] Wikipedia
Etymology [ ] Old English mete maz 'food', Latin madere 'to be wet', Greek μαστός mastos 'wet, breast'
Pronunciation [ ] Noun [ ] Meat (s)
( now archaic , ) Food , for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink Template:Defdate
1623 , William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens :
Your greatest want is, you want much of meat : / Why should you want? Behold, the Earth hath Rootes [...]. ( now rare ) dish . Template:Defdate ( now archaic ) meal . Template:Defdate
1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew ch. 8:
And hit cam to passe, thatt Jesus satt at meate in his housse. ( uncountable ) flesh of an animal used as food . Template:Defdate ( uncountable ) solid part of a fruit , nut etc. Template:Defdate
The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm. ( slang ) penis . Template:Defdate ( countable ) Template:Defdate
The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly ( colloquial ) best or most substantial part of something. Template:Defdate
We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor. Template:Sports The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.). Template:Defdate
He hit it right on the meat of the bat. A meathead .
Throw it in here, meat .
( Australian Aboriginal ) totem ; metonymy for its owner(s).
1949, Oceania , Vol. XX
When a stranger comes to an aboriginal camp or settlement in north-western NSW, he is asked by one of the older aborigines: "What meat (clan) are you?" 1973, M. Fennel & A. Grey, Nucoorilma
Granny Sullivan was ‘dead against’ the match at first because they did not know "what my meat was and because I was a bit on the fair side." 1977 , A. K. Eckermann, Group Organisation and Identity
Some people maintained that she was "sung" because her family had killed or eaten the "meat " (totem) of another group. 1992, P. Taylor Tell it Like it Is
Our family […] usually married the red kangaroo "meat ". 1993, J. Janson, Gunjies
That’s a beautiful goanna. […]. He’s my meat , can’t eat him. Usage notes [ ] The meaning "flesh of an animal used as food" is often understood to exclude fish and other seafood . For example, the rules for abstaining from meat in the Roman Catholic Church do not extend to fish; likewise, some people who consider themselves vegetarians also eat fish (though the more precise term for such a person is pescetarian ).
Synonyms [ ] flesh See also Wikisaurus:meat Antonyms [ ] Derived terms [ ] Translations [ ]
animal flesh used as food
Afrikaans : vleis af (af) Albanian: mish sq (sq)
Arabic: لحم m.
Armenian: միս (mis)
Bosnian: meso bs (bs) n.
Bulgarian: месо bg (bg)
Catalan : carn ca (ca) f. Chamicuro : pekano Chinese:
Cantonese: 肉 (juk6)
Mandarin: 肉 (ròu)
Croatian: meso hr (hr) n.
Czech: maso cs (cs) n.
Danish: kød da (da) n.
Dutch: vlees nl (nl) n. vast voedsel
Esperanto: viando eo (eo)
Estonian: liha et (et)
Filipino: karne laman
Finnish: liha fi (fi)
French: viande fr (fr) f.
Georgian: ხორცი ka (ka) (ħortsi)
German: Fleisch de (de) n.
Greek: κρέας el (el) (kréas) n.
Hebrew: בשר (basar) f.
Hungarian: hús hu (hu)
Icelandic: kjöt is (is) n.
Ido : karno io (io) Irish: feoil ga (ga) f.
Italian: carne it (it) f.
Japanese: 肉 (にく , niku)
Korean: 고기 (gogi)
Latin: carō la (la) f.
Latvian: gaļa lv (lv) f.
Malay: daging ms (ms)
Malayalam : മാംസം (maamsam)Maltese: laħam m.
Navajo: atsįʼ
Norwegian: kjøtt no (no) n.
Old Church Slavonic : [[мѧсо#Template:Cu |Template:Cyrs ]] (męso) n. Pashto : غوښه ps (ps) (γwəxa) f. Polish: mięso pl (pl) n.
Portuguese: carne pt (pt) f.
Romanian: carne ro (ro)
Russian: мясо ru (ru) (mjáso) n.
Scottish Gaelic : feòil f. Serbian:
Cyrillic: месо sr (sr) n.
Roman: meso n.
Slovak: mäso sk (sk) n.
Slovene: meso sl (sl) n.
Sotho : nama st (st) Spanish: carne es (es) f.
Swahili: nyama (noun 9/10)
Swedish: kött sv (sv) n.
Tagalog : karne tl (tl) , laman tl (tl) Tajik : гӯшт tg (tg) (gūšt)Tatar : ит tt (tt) Telugu : మాంసం (maamsam)Turkish: et tr (tr)
Welsh: cig cy (cy) m.
West Frisian : fleis fy (fy) n. !Xóõ : ʘaje
type of meat
Afrikaans : vleissoort af (af) Arabic: لحم m.
Armenian: միս (mis)
Bosnian: meso bs (bs) n.
Catalan : carn f. Chinese:
Cantonese: 肉 (juk6)
Mandarin: 肉 (ròu)
Croatian: meso hr (hr) n.
Czech: maso cs (cs) n.
Danish: kød da (da) n.
Dutch: vleessoort
Estonian: liha et (et)
Filipino: karne laman
Finnish: liha fi (fi)
French: viande fr (fr) f.
German: Fleisch de (de) n.
Greek: κρέας el (el) (kréas) n.
Hebrew: בשר (basar) f.
Hungarian: hús hu (hu)
Icelandic: kjöt is (is) n.
Italian: carne it (it) f.
Japanese: 肉 (にく , niku)
Korean: 고기 (gogi)
Latin: carnis la (la) f. carō la (la) f.
Latvian: gaļa lv (lv) f.
Malayalam : മാംസം (maamsam)Maltese: laħam m.
Norwegian Bokmål : kjøtt n. Norwegian Nynorsk : kjøt n. Pashto : غوښه ps (ps) (γwəxa) f. Polish: mięso pl (pl) n.
Portuguese: carne pt (pt) f.
Russian: мясо ru (ru) (mjáso) n.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: месо n.
Roman: meso n.
Slovak: mäso sk (sk) n.
Slovene: meso sl (sl) n.
Spanish: carne es (es) f.
Swahili: nyama (noun 9/10)
Swedish: kött sv (sv) n.
Tagalog : karne tl (tl) , laman tl (tl) Telugu : మాంసం (maamsam)Welsh: cig cy (cy) m.
West Frisian : fleis fy (fy) n.
any sort of flesh
Arabic: لحم m.
Armenian: միս (mis)
Bosnian: meso bs (bs) n.
Catalan : carn ca (ca) f. Chinese:
Cantonese: 肉 (juk6)
Mandarin: 肉 (ròu)
Croatian: meso hr (hr) n.
Czech: maso cs (cs) n.
Danish: kød da (da) n.
Dutch: vlees nl (nl) n.
Estonian: liha et (et)
Filipino: laman
Finnish: liha fi (fi)
French: viande fr (fr) f.
German: Fleisch de (de) n.
Greek: σάρκα el (el) (sárka) f. κρέας el (el) (kréas) n.
Hebrew: בשר (basar) f.
Hungarian: hús hu (hu)
Icelandic: kjöt is (is) n.
Italian: carne it (it) f.
Japanese: 肉 (にく , niku)
Korean: 고기 (gogi)
Latin: carnis la (la) f. carō la (la) f.
Malayalam : മാംസം (maamsam)Maltese: laħam m.
Norwegian Bokmål : kjøtt n. Norwegian Nynorsk : kjøt n. Pashto : غوښه ps (ps) (γwəxa) f. Polish: mięso pl (pl) n.
Portuguese: carne pt (pt) f.
Russian: мякоть ru (ru) (mjákot’) f. мясо ru (ru) (mjáso) n.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: месо n.
Roman: meso n.
Slovak: mäso sk (sk) n.
Slovene: meso sl (sl) n.
Spanish: carne es (es) f.
Swahili: nyama (noun 9/10)
Swedish: kött sv (sv) n.
Tagalog : laman tl (tl) Telugu : మాంసం (maamsam)West Frisian : fleis fy (fy) n.
solid edible part of a plant
substance, solid part
Catalan : bessó ca (ca) m. Dutch: substantie , vlees op de botten
Finnish: tavara fi (fi) , ydin fi (fi)
French: viande fr (fr) f.
Swahili: nyama (noun 9/10)
meathead
Dutch: hansworst , lulvent m.
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Albanian : mish m. Arabic : لحم m. Bosnian : meso n. Breton : kig m. Chinese:
Cantonese : 肉 (juk6)Mandarin : 肉 (ròu)
Croatian : meso n. Esperanto : viando Estonian : liha Hebrew : בשר (basar) f. Hindi : गोश्त (gošt)Icelandic : kjöt Inari Sami : piärgu Indonesian : daging Italian : carne f. Japanese : 肉 (にく , niku)
Korean : 고기 (gogi)Kuna : san Kurdish : goşt ,گۆشت Latin: carnis la (la) f. carō la (la) f.
Malayalam : മാംസം (maamsam)Maltese : laħam m. Northern Sami : biergu Norwegian Bokmål : kjøtt n. Norwegian Nynorsk : kjøt Persian : گوشت Pitjantjatjara : kuka Serbian :
Cyrillic: месо n.
Roman: meso n. Skolt Sami : vuä´ǯǯ Slovak : mäso n. Slovene : meso n. Swahili : nyama (noun 9/10) Swedish : kött n. Telugu : మాంసం (maamsam)Tetum : na'an Tibetan : ཤ་ (sha)Urdu : گوشت Vietnamese : thịt
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