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Added 9 October 2026

steak

/steɪk/ noun

In Latin: praecīsum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about steak at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.

Origin

From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”). The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.

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