ababol

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic حَبَّبَوْر (ḥabbabawr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈbol/
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧bol
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

ababol m (plural ababols)

1. a flower of the red poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Noun

ababol m (plural ababols, feminine ababola, feminine plural ababolas)

1. an absent-minded person
2. simpleton
3. an effeminate person

Adjective

ababol (feminine ababola, masculine plural ababols, feminine plural ababolas)

1. absent-minded
2. effeminate

References

• “ababol”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Catalan

Alternative forms

• babol

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic حَبَّبَوْر (ḥabbabawr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈβɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈbɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.baˈbɔl]

Noun

ababol m (plural ababols)

1. the flower of the red poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

   Synonym: rosella

Derived terms

• ababolera

Related terms

• bàbol

Further reading

• “ababol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “ababol” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ababol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• babahol, amapola, mapola, papola, ababa

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic حَبَّبَوْر (ḥabbabawr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈbol/ [a.β̞aˈβ̞ol]

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧bol

Noun

ababol m (plural ababoles)

1. (Spain) the flower of the red poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

   Synonym: amapola

2. absent-minded or simple-minded person
3. simpleton

Further reading

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