árabe

See also: arabe, Arabe, aràbe, àrabe, and arabé

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾabe/ [ˈa.ɾa.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -aɾabe
• Syllabification: á‧ra‧be

Adjective

árabe (epicene, plural árabes)

1. Arabic (of or pertaining to Arabia)

Inflection

	singular	plural
masculine	árabe	árabes
feminine	árabe	árabes
neuter	árabe	—

Noun

árabe m sg (feminine singular árabe, masculine plural árabes, feminine plural árabes)

1. an Arab (person)

árabe m (uncountable)

1. Arabic (language)

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “árabe”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “árabe”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾabe/ [ˈa.ɾa.β̞ɪ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾabe
• Hyphenation: á‧ra‧be

Adjective

árabe m or f (plural árabes)

1. Arabic

   Synonyms: arábico, arábigo

Noun

árabe m or f by sense (plural árabes)

1. Arab

Noun

árabe m (uncountable)

1. Arabic (language)

   Synonyms: arábico, arábigo

Further reading

• “árabe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “árabe”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Arabs, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab, Arabian”), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab). Doublet of alarve.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾa.bi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾa.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾa.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾɐ.bɨ/ [ˈa.ɾɐ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: á‧ra‧be

Adjective

árabe m or f (plural árabes)

1. Arabic

   Synonym: arábico

Derived terms

• órix árabe
• Primavera Árabe

Noun

árabe m or f by sense (plural árabes)

1. Arab

Derived terms

• arabizar

Noun

árabe m (uncountable)

1. Arabic (Semitic language)

Derived terms

• árabe clássico

Further reading

• “árabe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “árabe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Arabs, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab, Arabian”), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾabe/ [ˈa.ɾa.β̞e]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾabe
• Syllabification: á‧ra‧be

Adjective

árabe m or f (masculine and feminine plural árabes)

1. Arabic

Derived terms

• Emiratos Árabes Unidos
• Primavera Árabe
• República Árabe Unida

Noun

árabe m or f by sense (plural árabes)

1. Arab

Noun

árabe m (uncountable)

1. Arabic (Semitic language)

   Synonyms: arábigo, (obsolete) arabía, (obsolete) arabí

   Hyponyms: árabe clásico, árabe egipcio

   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Del mismo modo, el suajili evolucionó como lengua comercial en África oriental y se describe como un vocabulario árabe sobre una gramática africana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• árabe clásico
• árabe egipcio
• arabismo
• arabista
• arabizar

Related terms

• arabesco
• Arabia
• arábigo

Further reading

• “árabe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• rabea