entrecôte

Syllables: en·tre·côte/ˈɒntɹəˌkəʊt/US/ˈɑntɹəˌkoʊt/

entrecôte noun: sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.

Noun

entrecôte (countable and uncountable, plural entrecôtes)

Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
- 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...
- 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...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

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...
[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...
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...
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...

plural	entrecôtes

PIE word *h₁én Borrowed from French entrecôte, from entre (“between”) + côte (“rib”).

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What does entrecôte mean?: Entrecôte means sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.
What is entrecôte in Arabic?: Entrecôte in Arabic is ضلعية. See Entrecôte meaning in Arabic.
How do you use entrecôte in a sentence?: 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.
What part of speech is entrecôte?: Entrecôte is a noun.
How do you pronounce entrecôte?: Entrecôte is pronounced /ˈɒntɹəˌkəʊt/ (UK).
What is the plural of entrecôte?: The plural of entrecôte is entrecôtes.

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