arabic
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Arabic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See gum arabic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arabic
- (rare) Short for gum arabic.
- Synonym: arabic gum
- 2008 February 28, Dolf De Rovira, Sr., Dictionary of Flavors, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115:
- Gum arabic is known as a lower viscosity gum, with high emulsification properties. […] these alternatives are still not totally as effective as gum arabic and when pricing and availability of arabic comes back in line, many switch back, […]
- 2019 July 17, Martin Glicksman, Food Hydrocolloids, CRC Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
- Gum arabic has been an effective substitute but less expensive replacements comprising a spray-dried blend of modified […] Ranganna and Ranghuramaiah described the use of arabic as a cloud stabilizer in orange squash beverages, […] The arabic coating protected the fumaric acid and improved its solubility. Similar granulated condiments containing extruded meat flavoring ingredients were protected by coating them with non-hygroscopic gum arabic. […]
- (dated, uncommon, chiefly American typesetting) Ellipsis of arabic numeral.
- Coordinate term: roman
Adjective
[edit]arabic (not comparable)
- Only used in arabic acid
- 1928, Harry Athol Murray, A Physico-chemical Study of Gum Arabic ...:
- There is very little in recent literature concerning the chemistry of gum arabic other than […] . The "arabic acid" is of variable composition.
- 2010 January 2, NIIR Board, Gums, Adhesives & Sealants Technology (with Formulae & their Applications) 2nd Edition, ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc., →ISBN, page 524:
- When solutions of arabic acid are warmed in water, a unique polysaccharide gum called degraded gum arabic is produced. The arabic acid undergoes autohydrolysis and spilts off L-arabinose, L-rhamnose, […]
- (dated, uncommon, chiefly American typesetting) Only used in arabic numeral
- Coordinate term: roman
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French arabique. By surface analysis, arab + -ic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]arabic m or n (feminine singular arabică, masculine plural arabici, feminine and neuter plural arabice)
Declension
[edit]Declension of arabic
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | arabic | arabică | arabici | arabice | ||
definite | arabicul | arabica | arabicii | arabicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | arabic | arabice | arabici | arabice | ||
definite | arabicului | arabicei | arabicilor | arabicelor |
Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English terms with rare senses
- English short forms
- English terms with quotations
- English dated terms
- English terms with uncommon senses
- English ellipses
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms suffixed with -ic
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives