arcabuz

Asturian

Noun

arcabuz m (plural arcabuces)

1. harquebus (obsolete matchlock firearm)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hakô

Proto-West Germanic *hakō

Old Dutch *hako

Middle Dutch hāke

Dutch haak

Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)

Ancient Greek -ις (-is)

Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.

Late Latin buxisbor.

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā

Old Dutch *bussa

Middle Dutch busse

Dutch bus

Dutch haakbusbor.

French arquebusebor.

Galician arcabuz

Borrowed from French arquebuse.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾkaˈbuθ/ [aɾ.kɑˈβ̞uθ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aɾkaˈbuθ/ [aɾ.kɑˈβ̞uθ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /aɾkaˈbus/ [aɾ.kɑˈβ̞us]

 

• Rhymes: -uθ

• Rhymes: -uθ
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

arcabuz m (plural arcabuces)

1. harquebus
2. arquebusier

   Synonym: arcabuceiro

References

• “arcabuz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hakô

Proto-West Germanic *hakō

Old Dutch *hako

Middle Dutch hāke

Dutch haak

Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)

Ancient Greek -ις (-is)

Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.

Late Latin buxisbor.

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā

Old Dutch *bussa

Middle Dutch busse

Dutch bus

Dutch haakbusbor.

French arquebusebor.

Portuguese arcabuz

Borrowed from French arquebuse.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kaˈbu(j)s/ [ah.kaˈbu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kaˈbu(j)s/ [ah.kaˈbu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.kaˈbu(j)s/ [aɾ.kaˈbu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kaˈbu(j)ʃ/ [aχ.kaˈbu(ɪ̯)ʃ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻ.kaˈbu(j)s/ [aɻ.kaˈbu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.kɐˈbuʃ/ [ɐɾ.kɐˈβuʃ]

• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧buz

Noun

arcabuz m (plural arcabuzes)

1. harquebus

   Coordinate terms: bacamarte, mosquete

Related terms

• arcabuzar
• arcabuzeiro

Further reading

• “arcabuz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arcabuz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French arquebuse, from Dutch haakbus (“hook tube”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾkaˈbuθ/ [aɾ.kaˈβ̞uθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾkaˈbus/ [aɾ.kaˈβ̞us] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ar‧ca‧buz

Noun

arcabuz m (plural arcabuces)

1. (firearms) harquebus, musket
2. harquebusier

Derived terms

• arcabucero
• arcabuzazo

Descendants

• → Arabic: قَابُوس (qābūs), كَابُوس (kābūs), كَبُوس (kabūs)
• → Jakaltek: alcapus
• → Tagalog: alkabus
• → Ye'kwana: adakujusa

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “arcabuz”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 299

Further reading

• “arcabuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025