xebec

English

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Alternative forms

• zebec
• zebeck

Etymology

Either from French chébec, from Spanish xabeque (modern jabeque) or Catalan xabec, ultimately from Arabic شبّاك (šabbāk, “small warship, fishing boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈziːbɛk/

Noun

xebec (plural xebecs)

1. A small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship
   • 1963, Winter. The green xebec whose figurehead was Astarte, goddess of sexual love, tacked slowly into the Grand Harbour. — Thomas Pynchon, V.

Translations

transport ship

• Catalan: xabec (ca) m
• Italian: sciabecco (it) m

• Spanish: jabeque (es) m
• Swedish: chebeck (sv) c, schebeck (sv) c