entrecôte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɒntɹəˈkəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɑntɹəˌkoʊt/ (General-American)
- /ˈɒntɹəˌkəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɒ̃tɹəˌkəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
PIE word *h₁én Borrowed from French entrecôte, from entre (“between”) + côte (“rib”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
[T]he mate cooked dinner using only genuine French entrecôtes scooped from the deep-freezer in the well-equipped galley, […]
1998 February, Detlef Gens, “Cat Confessions: After a Year of Cruising Europe on a Catamaran, a Former ‘Monomaran’ Sailor Mulls the Pros and Cons of Cruising on Two Hulls”, in Herb McCormick, editor, Cruising World, Newport, R.I.: Cruising World Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55, column 1:The entrecote, or between-the-bone steak, cut from a piece of the ribs of beef, makes a capital pièce de résistance for a little home dinner.
1895, A. Kenney Herbert, “Menu XIV. (February or March.)”, in Fifty Dinners, London; New York, N.Y.: Edward Arnold, →OCLC, page 75:We took hot showers and headed for the pub, where we tore into plates of entrecôte and chicken, and lingered late into the night with a small bottle of red Swiss-Italian wine.
2011 August 26, Tim Neville, “Over the Alps on a Bike With a Boost”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015:The famous capital of the Gascon country has given its name to a sauce, to a method of serving the entrecôte or ribsteak, and to the cooking of the crayfish.
1877, [Eneas Sweetland Dallas], “Bordeaux, Bordelese”, in Kettner’s Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery Practical, Theoretical, Historical, London: Dulau and Co. […], →OCLC, page 80:On a quaint cobblestone street in Houdan, customers file in and out of the Café de la Paroisse during the lunch rush. On the menu board are the letters "VF" – viande française – to show that its steak tartare and entrecôte are made with meat originating in France.
2025 February 10, Colette Davidson, “Farming in France is on the Decline. Who will Feed the French?”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025:Entrecôtes of Beef à la Rockaway.—Choose three thick and tender entrecôtes of beef; pare and flatten with the cleaver; season with salt and pepper, baste with oil and broil rather rare at the least moment over a moderate charcoal fire; […] dish up the entrecôtes with a little butter, smother with the onions, and serve with scraped horseradish on a plate.
1884, Felix J. Déliée, “No. 154. Sunday, June 3.—Bill of Fare for Eight Persons: […]”, in The Franco-American Cookery Book or How to Live Well and Wisely Every Day in the Year […], New York, N.Y.; London: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons […], →OCLC, page 261:The six or the dozen premium cattle are killed, cooked, and tasted by appointed judges; the sirloin is stewed, broiled, roasted, and under each aspect offered to the epicures. The tail is souped, baked, and tested in its turn; the brain is submitted to a French fry, and the entrecotes to a broil with onions.
1857 June, “Editor‘s Easy Chair”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XV, number LXXXV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 278, column 2:Any dispute about the relative excellence of the beefsteak cut from the filet, as is usual in France, and of the entrecote, must henceforth be idle and absurd. Whenever, my dear young friend, you go to Paris, call at once for the entrecote; the filet in comparison to it is a poor fade lady's meat.
1841 June, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Memorials of Gormandising. In a Letter to Oliver Yorke, Esq.”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XXIII, number CXXXVIII, London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, page 715, column 2:
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| entrecôtes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (31)
kk табиғи антрекот (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · fi välikyljys (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · fi entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · tr antrikot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · csb antrikòt (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · uz antrekot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · ca entrecot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · de Entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · it costata di manzo (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · fr entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · nl ribstuk (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · ro antricot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · nn entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · uk антреко́т (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · de Entrecote (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · th อ็องเทรอโกต (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · fa گوشت دنده بیاستخوان (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · nl entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · ar ضلعية (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · nl entrecote (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · he אַנְטְרֶקוֹט (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · es entrecot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · sv entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · ru антреко́т (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · et antrekoot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · nl tussenribstuk (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · ka ანტრეკოტი (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · pl antrykot (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · nb entrecôte (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · ja アントルコート (premium cut of beef from between the ribs) · da entrecote (premium cut of beef from between the ribs)