Meanings
plural steaks
- broadlycountableuncountableA relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.
venison steak, pork steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks
1 more example
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32Synonyms: plank
- countableuncountableA slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.
present singular third person steaks · participle present steaking · participle past steaked · past steaked
- To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.
2000, Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing, page 353
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.
Origin
- Old Norsesteik“roast; meat roasted on a stick”
- Middle Englishsteike
- Englishsteak
From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”). The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
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Afrikaans biefstuk
- biefstukslice of beef
Ancient Greek φλογίς, φλογίς
- φλογίς (phlogís)slice of beef
- φλογίς (phlogís)slice of meat of other animals
Arabic سْتَيْك, سْتِيك
- سْتَيْك (stayk)slice of beef
- سْتِيك (steyk)slice of beef
- سْتِيك (stīk)slice of beef
Bengali স্টেক
- স্টেক (sṭek)slice of beef
Bulgarian бифте́к, стек
- бифте́к (bifték)slice of beef
- стек (stek)slice of meat of other animals
Catalan bistec
- bistecslice of beef
Chinese Cantonese 牛扒, 肉扒
- 牛扒 (ngau⁴ paa²)slice of beef
- 肉扒 (juk⁶ paa²)slice of meat of other animals
Chinese Mandarin 牛排, 肉排
- 牛排 (niúpái)slice of beef
- 肉排 (ròupái)slice of meat of other animals
Czech biftek, steak
- biftekslice of beef
- steakslice of beef
Danish bøf, steg
- bøfslice of beef
- stegslice of beef
Dutch biefstuk, steak
- biefstukslice of beef
- steakslice of beef
- steakslice of meat of other animals
Esperanto steko, bifsteko
- stekoslice of beef
- bifstekoslice of beef
Estonian steik, biifsteek
- steikslice of beef
- biifsteekslice of beef
- pihvslice of beef
Finnish pihvi, naudanlihapihvi
- pihvislice of beef
- naudanlihapihvislice of beef
- pihvislice of meat of other animals
French bifteck, steak
- bifteckslice of beef
- steakslice of beef
German Steak, Beefsteak
- Steakslice of beef
- Beefsteakslice of beef
- Lendenschnitteslice of beef
- Schnitteslice of beef
- Steakslice of meat of other animals
Greek μπριζόλα, μπιφτέκι
- μπριζόλα (brizóla)slice of beef
- μπιφτέκι (biftéki)slice of beef
Hebrew אֻמְצָה \ אומצה, סטייק
- אֻמְצָה \ אומצה (umtsá)slice of beef
- סטייקslice of beef
- סְטֵיְק (steyk)slice of beef
Hindi स्टेक
- स्टेक (sṭek)slice of beef
Hungarian hússzelet
- hússzeletslice of beef
Icelandic steik
- steikslice of beef
Indonesian bistik, steik
- bistikslice of beef
- steikslice of beef
Irish stéig
- stéigslice of beef
Italian bistecca
- bisteccaslice of beef
Japanese ステーキ
- ステーキ (sutēki)slice of beef
Korean 스테이크
- 스테이크 (seuteikeu)slice of beef
Latin praecīsum, praecīsum
- praecīsumslice of beef
- praecīsumslice of meat of other animals
Latvian bifšteks, steiks
- bifšteksslice of beef
- steiksslice of beef
Lithuanian bifštekas, žlėgtainis
- bifštekasslice of beef
- žlėgtainisslice of beef
Malay stik
- stikslice of beef
Māori motū (pīwhī), motū
- motū (pīwhī)slice of beef
- motūslice of meat of other animals
Norwegian steik, stek
- steikslice of meat of other animals
- stekslice of meat of other animals
Norwegian Bokmål biff, steik
- biffslice of beef
- steikslice of beef
- stekslice of beef
Polish stek, befsztyk
- stekslice of beef
- befsztykslice of beef
- stekslice of meat of other animals
Portuguese bife, filé
- bifeslice of beef
- filéslice of meat of other animals
Romanian friptură
- fripturăslice of beef
Russian бифште́кс, стейк
- бифште́кс (bifštɛ́ks)slice of beef
- стейк (stɛjk)slice of beef
- стейк (stɛjk)slice of meat of other animals
Scottish Gaelic staoig
- staoigslice of beef
Slovak biftek
- biftekslice of beef
Spanish bistec, bisté
- bistecslice of beef
- bistéslice of beef
- fileteslice of beef
- fileteslice of meat of other animals
Swahili steki
- stekislice of beef
Swedish stek, biff
- stekslice of beef
- biffslice of beef
Tamil மாட்டிறைச்சித் துண்டம்
- மாட்டிறைச்சித் துண்டம் (māṭṭiṟaiccit tuṇṭam)slice of beef
Thai สเต็ก, สเต๊ก
- สเต็ก (sà-dték)slice of beef
- สเต๊ก (sà-dték)slice of beef
Turkish biftek
- biftekslice of beef
Ukrainian біфште́кс, стейк
- біфште́кс (bifštéks)slice of beef
- стейк (stejk)slice of beef
- стейк (stejk)slice of meat of other animals
Urdu سْٹیک
- سْٹیک (sṭek)slice of beef
Vietnamese bít tết, miếng thịt
- bít tếtslice of beef
- miếng thịtslice of beef
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steak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steak
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