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steak

[steyk] ,
–noun
1. a slice of meat or fish, esp. beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
2. chopped meat prepared in the same manner as a steak.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME steike < ON steik meat roasted on a stick
steak   (stāk)   
n.  
  1. A slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick and across the muscle grain and served broiled or fried.
  2. A thick slice of a large fish cut across the body.
  3. A patty of ground meat broiled or fried.

[Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]

Steak

Steak\, n. [OE. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and E. stick, the steak being broiled on a spit. See Stick, v. t.] A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.
Language Translation for : steak
Italian: bistecca; (fetta di) pesce,
German: das Steak, das Filet,
Japanese: ステーキ

steak 
1440, "thick slice of meat cut for roasting," probably from O.N. steik "roast meat," cognate with steikja "to roast on a spit," and ultimately "something stuck" (on a spit); related to stick (v.).
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