bavette

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UK/bæˈvɛt/

noun

beef flank steak

OriginFrench bavette →
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Meanings

bavette1

nounbavette (plural bavettes)

plural bavettes

  1. A kind of beefsteak
    1. foodbeef flank steak
    2. foodbeef flap steak
    3. foodbeef skirt steak

bavette2

nounbavette (uncountable)
  1. uncountablepastaA type of thick spaghetti.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
flank steak

Origin

bavette · noun

  1. Frenchbavette
  2. Frenchbavette
  3. Englishbavette

Borrowed from French bavette (“slobber-inducing”).

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bavette · noun

  1. Italianbavette“bavetta”
  2. Englishbavette

From Italian bavette (“bavetta”) (dribble-inducing).

More words from Italian

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Translations

Italian bavetta
  • bavettaTranslations
Korean 바베트
  • 바베트 (babeteu)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bavette

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Cite this entry
APA

bavette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bavette

MLA

“bavette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bavette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bavette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bavette.

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