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Bête meaning

  1. Obsolete spelling of beat.
  2. Obsolete spelling of beet.

Using Bête

  • The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete spelling of beat. | Obsolete spelling of beet.
  • In the example corpus, bête often appears in combinations such as: bête noire, his bête, la bête.

Context around Bête

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

restaurant 1×

Often after:

noire 6× noirs 1× humaine 1×

Sentence patterns with Bête

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and his bête noire bhupesh 1× by his bête noire rahul 1× in la bête humaine impress 1× many restaurant bête noirs is 1× of a bête noire et 1× punched his bête noire repeatedly 1× that his bête noire former 1× être la bête noire de 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but newcastle have 1× he has largely 1× in french être 1× most followers are 1× that narendra modi 1× the mine the 1×

Common sentence endings:

bête noire repeatedly 1× investors stretches credulity 1× mineral rich state 1× of human beings 1× scary or not 1× stymied his chances 1×

Words around Bête

Just before it in the word index:

betcris 2 betcorrect 3 betches 2 betcha 5 betc 2 betazoids 4

Just after it in the word index:

beteasy 2 betel 32 betelgeuse 55 betelnut 5 betelnuts 2 beter 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Bête

  • In this selection, "bête" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, restaurant, noire, noirs and humaine stand out and add context to how "bête" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and his bête noire bhupesh and by his bête noire rahul. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bête" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bête

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

One of my (many) restaurant bête noirs is being asked for the umpteenth time whether everything is all right. (19 words)

The mine, the still in L'Assommoir and the locomotive La Lison in La Bête humaine impress the reader with the vivid reality of human beings. (26 words)

Most followers are aware that Mr. Vishwanath was an aspirant for a Cabinet berth in the coalition government and that his bête-noire former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had stymied his chances. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

This was all by way of build-up to his final flourish in which Blackwood tracked down Dennis to his church, waved his scimitar a bit more and then cackled as the priest flipped out and punched his bête noire repeatedly. (41 words)

In French, être la bête noire de quelqu'un ("to be somebody's black beast") means that you're particularly hated by this person or this person has a strong aversion against you, regardless of whether you're scary or not. (41 words)

That Narendra Modi talked up the market, an allegation made by his bête noire Rahul Gandhi, so that he and his crony capitalist friends would make money out of the gullible retail investors stretches credulity. (35 words)

Example sentences (8)

One of my (many) restaurant bête noirs is being asked for the umpteenth time whether everything is all right.

That Narendra Modi talked up the market, an allegation made by his bête noire Rahul Gandhi, so that he and his crony capitalist friends would make money out of the gullible retail investors stretches credulity.

He has largely been living in political isolation after the Congress stormed to power in state in 2018 and his bête noire Bhupesh Baghel became the Chief Minister of the mineral-rich state.

But Newcastle have been something of a bête noire et blanche to Leicester in recent seasons, winning here on their last two visits by absorbing pressure before striking on the counter-attack.

Most followers are aware that Mr. Vishwanath was an aspirant for a Cabinet berth in the coalition government and that his bête-noire former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had stymied his chances.

This was all by way of build-up to his final flourish in which Blackwood tracked down Dennis to his church, waved his scimitar a bit more and then cackled as the priest flipped out and punched his bête noire repeatedly.

In French, être la bête noire de quelqu'un ("to be somebody's black beast") means that you're particularly hated by this person or this person has a strong aversion against you, regardless of whether you're scary or not.

The mine, the still in L'Assommoir and the locomotive La Lison in La Bête humaine impress the reader with the vivid reality of human beings.

Common combinations with bête

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bête" in a sentence?
An example: "One of my (many) restaurant bête noirs is being asked for the umpteenth time whether everything is all right." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "bête" from authentic English texts.
What does "bête" mean?
Bête means: Obsolete spelling of beat.
How many example sentences with "bête" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "bête", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.