steak tartare

noun

steak tar·​tare -tär-ˈtär How to pronounce steak tartare (audio)
: highly seasoned ground beef eaten raw

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This local staple will have a Valentine’s Day Prix Fixe menu that includes steak tartare, a pasta course, main course and dessert for $150 a person. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026 With seafood towers, steak tartare, icy martinis, wood paneling and green velvet seating, Gigi’s was intended to be a jewel of the burgeoning Sycamore Avenue corridor. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025 Tableside caviar service, steak tartare, and Oysters Rockefeller are menu options along with seafood, pasta, steak, and duck breast, for a dining experience perfectly in tune with the designer surroundings. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025 In between is a stretch of smaller hotels, restaurants, and bars, including French restaurant Jacala, where steak tartare is prepared table-side by host Jacques, and the calamari risotto will have you in raptures. Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steak tartare

Word History

Etymology

French tartare Tartar

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steak tartare was in 1911

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“Steak tartare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steak%20tartare. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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