bœuf
French, noun/bœf/
bœuf is spelled B-Œ-U-F (4 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bœuf is a French masculine noun meaning “ox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Taureau castré”.
What does bœuf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineox
- 2
masculinebullock, steer
- 3
masculinebeef
- 4
masculinejam session
faire un bœuf
- 5
Quebecderogatorymasculineslanga police officer; a pig
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Taureau castré. 2. Animal de l'espèce domestiquée Bos taurus. 3. Animal du genre Bos, comprenant l'espèce domestiquée Bos taurus, le zébu et l'espèce éteinte auroch. 4. Viande de bœuf, de vache ou génisse destinée à l’alimentation humaine.
adjective: 1. Important, impressionnant, énorme.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bœuf
- bœufs plural
- boeuf alternative nonstandard
- vache feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bœuf?
- /bœf/
- \bœf\
- [bœf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bœuf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bœuf in French?
bœuf appears 6.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).