wagyu
English
editEtymology
editFrom Japanese 和牛 (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈwæɡ.juː/, /ˈwɑːɡ.juː/, (nonstandard) /ˈwæ.ɡuː/
Noun
editwagyu (countable and uncountable, plural wagyus or wagyu)
- (countable) Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
- 2009 January 19, Corey Mintz, “Susur and the City”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- Slices of wagyu beef come with spheres of root vegetables and mini-towers of polenta.
- Beef from such cattle.
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 和牛 (wagyū), from 和 (わ, wa, “Japan”) + 牛 (ぎゅう, gyū, “cow, bull, ox, cattle; beef”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwagyu (first-person possessive wagyuku, second-person possessive wagyumu, third-person possessive wagyunya)
- (cooking) wagyu: any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
Further reading
edit- “wagyu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
editNoun
editwagyu m (plural wagyus)
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