beefer C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈbifər/ UK /ˈbiːfə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a steer or cow raised for beef; one who complains The rancher sold three beefers at the autumn market. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a steer or cow raised for... steerbullockcomplainergrumblergriper Word family Related forms beefbeefy Etymology AI details From beef + the agentive suffix -er. Beef comes from Old French boef ('ox'), from Latin bovem (accusative of bos, 'ox, cow'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷous. boef Old French bos Latin *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # beefer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbifər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbiːfə/ ## Meanings 1. a steer or cow raised for beef; one who complains ## Examples - The rancher sold three beefers at the autumn market. ## Synonyms - steer - bullock - complainer - grumbler - griper ## Related Forms - beef - beefy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: boef - Root: bos - Root: *gʷṓws ## Etymology From beef + the agentive suffix -er. Beef comes from Old French boef ('ox'), from Latin bovem (accusative of bos, 'ox, cow'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷous. ## AI Etymology Beefer is from beef + the agentive suffix -er. Beef comes from Old French boef ('ox'), from Latin bovem (accusative of bos, 'ox, cow'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷous. Important recorded forms include boef (Old French), bos (Latin), and *gʷṓws (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a steer or cow raised for beef; one who complains. The wider family includes related words such as beef and beefy. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown