calebasse

French

Alternative forms

• calabasse (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabaza (“pumpkin, gourd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.bas/

• Audio:

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Noun

calebasse f (plural calebasses)

1. calabash
2. (Louisiana) gourd
3. (Louisiana) pumpkin

Descendants

• → Dutch: kalebas
• → English: calabash
• → Finnish: kalebassi
• → German: Kalebasse, Kalabasse
• → Italian: calabassa, calebassa
• → Occitan: calabassa
• → Russian: калеба́с (kalebás), калаба́с (kalabás), калеба́са (kalebása), калаба́са (kalabása), калаба́ш (kalabáš)
• → Swedish: kalebass

Further reading

• “calebasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

calebasse f

1. plural of calebassa