cubeb

English

Piper cubeba

Etymology

From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːbɛb/

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Noun

cubeb (plural cubebs)

1. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
2. One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:

     Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.

Synonyms

• tailed pepper
• Java pepper

Derived terms

• cubeb berry
• cubebic acid
• cubebin

Translations

Piper cubeba

• Acehnese: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: كَبَابَة f (kabāba), حَبّ الْعَرُوس m (ḥabb al-ʕarūs)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܒܳܒܳܐ m (kəḇāḇā)

• Armenian: հնդկապղպեղ (hy) (hndkapġpeġ)

  Middle Armenian: քապապայ (kʻapapay)

• Balinese: please add this translation if you can
• Betawi: merica buntut
• Buginese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: cubeba f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓽澄茄 / 荜澄茄 (bì chéng qié)

• Czech: pepřovník kubebový
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: staartpeper m
• Finnish: kubebapippuri
• French: poivre à queue (fr) m, cubèbe (fr) m archaically f
• German: Kubebenpfeffer m
• Hindi: कबाबचीनी (hi) f (kabābcīnī)
• Hungarian: kubébabors (hu), jávai bors
• Indonesian: kemukus (id)
• Italian: cubebe m
• Javanese: kumukus (jv)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Madurese: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: kemukus, lada berekor
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Middle English: quibibe
• Persian: کبابهٔ چینی (kabâba-ye čini), rarer کباب چینی (kabâb-e čini)
• Romanian: cubeb (ro) m
• Russian: кубе́ба (ru) f (kubéba), пе́рец кубе́ба m (pérec kubéba)
• Sanskrit: गन्धमरिच n (gandhamarica)
• Shan: မၢၵ်ႇၽိတ်ႉၶျၢင်း (shn) (màak phḭ̂t khjáang)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Sundanese: rinu
• Swedish: kubebapeppar (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tulu: ಕಂಧಮುಣ್ಚಿ (kandhamuṇci)
• Turkish: kübabe
• Urdu: کباب چینی f (kabāb cīnī)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cubèbe.

Noun

cubeb m (plural cubebi)

1. cubeb

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cubeb	cubebul		cubebi	cubebii
genitive-dative	cubeb	cubebului		cubebi	cubebilor
vocative	cubebule			cubebilor