Meanings
nounbeetroot (countable and uncountable, plural beetroots)
plural beetroots · alternative beet root · alternative beet-root
- AustraliaIndiaNew ZealandUKcountableuncountableA normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
Synonyms: beet, red beet, table beet
- uncountableusuallyThe edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
verbbeetroot (third-person singular simple present beetroots, present participle beetrooting, simple past and past participle beetrooted)
present singular third person beetroots · participle present beetrooting · participle past beetrooted · past beetrooted · alternative beet root · alternative beet-root
- informalintransitiveTo turn a bright red or purple color.
Harmon's face beetrooted. He strode from the office, stared at the cell block, and swore with artistry.
2014, Arthur W. Upfield, Bony and the Mouse1 more example
He straightened up as a spring, beetrooted to the root of his pale hair, and answered wildly, "Ki-Ki-Kan!" I backed prudently towards the door, still keeping that indulgent but firm expression no one sees on the face of warders in lunatic asylums.
1919, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 108, page 356
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounbeet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
Similar
Beta vulgaris rubra
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Afrikaans beet
- beetnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Arabic شَمَنْدَر أَحْمَر, بَنْجَر
- شَمَنْدَر أَحْمَر (šamandar ʔaḥmar)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- بَنْجَر (banjar)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Bulgarian чукунду́р, черве́но цвекло́
- чукунду́р (čukundúr)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- черве́но цвекло́ (červéno cvekló)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Catalan remolatxa d'hort
- remolatxa d'hortnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Chinese Cantonese 紅菜頭 /红菜头
- 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (hung⁴ coi⁴ tau⁴)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Chinese Mandarin 紅菜頭 /红菜头, 甜菜根
- 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (hóngcàitóu)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- 甜菜根 (tiáncàigēn)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- 甜菜 (tiáncài)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Czech červená řepa
- červená řepanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Danish rødbede
- rødbedenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Dutch rode biet
- rode bietnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Esperanto beto, beto
- betonormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- betoedible part of beet plant
- ruĝa betoedible part of beet plant
- purpuriĝito turn red
- ruĝiĝito turn red
Estonian punapeet
- punapeetnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Finnish punajuuri, punajuurikas
- punajuurinormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- punajuurikasnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- juurikasedible part of beet plant
- punastuato turn red
French betterave
- betteravenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
German Rote Bete, Rote Beete
- Rote Betenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- Rote Beetenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- Rote Rübenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- Rotrübenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- Rahnenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- Randenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Greek παντζάρι
- παντζάρι (pantzári)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Hebrew סלק
- סלק (sélek)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Hindi चुकंदर
- चुकंदर (cukandar)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Hungarian cékla
- céklanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Icelandic rauðrófa, rauðbeða
- rauðrófanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- rauðbeðanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Irish biatas, meacan biatais
- biatasnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- meacan biataisnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Italian barbabietola
- barbabietolanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Japanese ビートの根, 甜菜
- ビートの根 (bīto no ne)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- 甜菜 (tensai)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- テーブルビート (tēburu bīto)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- カエンサイ (kaensai)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- ビーツ (bītsu)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Korean 비트, 비트 뿌리
- 비트 (biteu)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- 비트 뿌리 (biteu ppuri)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Latvian biete
- bietenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Lithuanian burokėlis
- burokėlisnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Māori pīti whero, rengakura
- pīti wheronormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- rengakuranormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Norwegian rødbete
- rødbetenormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Persian چغندر
- چغندر (čoġondar)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Polish burak, burak ćwikłowy
- buraknormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- burak ćwikłowynormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Portuguese beterraba
- beterrabanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Romanian sfeclă roșie
- sfeclă roșienormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Russian свёкла, свекла́
- свёкла (svjókla)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- свекла́ (sveklá)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- бура́к (burák)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- буря́к (burják)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Slovak cvikla, červená repa
- cviklanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- červená repanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Spanish remolacha, beterraga
- remolachanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- beterraganormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- betabelnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- betarraganormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- betarratanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- beteravanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Swahili tini
- tininormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Swedish beta, rödbeta
- betanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- rödbetanormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Tamil பீட்ரூட், செங்கிழங்கு
- பீட்ரூட் (pīṭrūṭ)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- செங்கிழங்கு (ceṅkiḻaṅku)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Thai บีตรูต
- บีตรูต (bìit-rúut)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Turkish pancar, kırmızı pancar
- pancarnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- kırmızı pancarnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- pancaredible part of beet plant
- çükündüredible part of beet plant
Ukrainian буря́к
- буря́к (burják)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Urdu چکبصور
- چکبصور (cukundur)normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Vietnamese củ cải đường, củ dền
- củ cải đườngnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
- củ dềnnormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
Welsh betysen
- betysennormally deep-red-coloured root vegetable
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APA
beetroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetroot
MLA
“beetroot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetroot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beetroot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beetroot.
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