prise de bec
French, noun/pʁiz də bɛk/
prise de bec is spelled P-R-I-S-E-D-E-B-E-C (10 letters). Prise de bec is a French feminine noun meaning “set-to, tiff, spat, argument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispute”.
What does prise de bec mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineset-to, tiff, spat, argument
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispute.
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 prise de bec
- prises de bec plural
- prise de becs alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prise de bec?
- /pʁiz də bɛk/
- \pʁiz də bɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.