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Ι have never heard this word used for beef, here, where I have lived in Greece for 10 years. They say hirino /χήρινο???
So, do some people pronounce "δ" like "d" like in this audio to this word, or is it just my hear mistake?
Thanks. I know how to read, but in this audio I have heared something "d"-like, so it has made me uncertain
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If you listen to the individual word, it does sound like a /d/. If you listen to the whole phrase it's /δ/
On Forvo, I've found that if you listen to native speakers speaking words with deltas in them, the pronunciation can vary a little. It's not a hard D, and not quite a TH either - it's somewhere in the middle. I struggle with it sometimes.
Μοσχάρι is the animal but is used synecdochically for the meat. Βοδινό or μοσχαρίσιο κρέας are also correct. All of them are accepted. :)
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I thought μοσχάρι is veal (meat from a calf; i.e. cattle (bos taurus) less than about one year old), while βοδινό is beef (meat from cattle more than about one year old). Is that right?
Yes, μοσχάρι refers to younger cattle (1-2 years old, I think) and βοδινό/βόειο is used for older cattle.
This good marketing, I suppose :P I have seen labels saying βόειο, though, the meat is a bit different.
"A steak" is a particular cut of meat. In fact, there are various kind of steak: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/steak2.htm#:~:text=Round%20steakBut there can be other parts of beef with other names.
And there can be other cuts of beef with other names: https://www.clovermeadowsbeef.com/beef-cuts/
So, when we refer to "beef" we mean meat from a cow that is about over 8 months old, before that it is called "veal" and the animal is called a "calf'.
