cabre

See also: cabré

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbɹeɪ/

Adjective

cabre

1. Alternative spelling of cabré

Noun

cabre (plural cabres)

1. (obsolete, now generally offensive) A person of mixed black and mulatto descent.

Anagrams

• Brace, acerb, brace, caber

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• caber, cabre-hi

Etymology

From , from Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō, from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Compare Occitan caupre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈka.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈka.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.bɾe]
• Homophone: cabra

Verb

cabre (first-person singular present cabo, first-person singular preterite cabí, past participle cabut)

1. to fit, as the possibility to enter or be contained in a given space

Anagrams

• becar, breca, caber, rabec

Further reading

• “cabre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cabre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cabre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cabre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabʁ/
• Homophones: cabrent, cabres

Verb

cabre

1. inflection of cabrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• berça, crabe