nibbles

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English nibble

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ms

Proto-Indo-European *-omsder.

Proto-Germanic *-anzder.?

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s

Proto-Germanic *-ōz

Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.?

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English nibbles

From nibble + -s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪbl̩z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪb(ə)ls/
• Rhymes: -ɪbəlz
• Hyphenation: nib‧bles

Noun

nibbles pl (plural only)

1. (originally US) Small forms of finger food or snacks such as nuts or potato chips (crisps), often eaten as an accompaniment to drinks.
   • 1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders:

     You can't go yet. You must taste my prune nibbles.

Translations

small forms of finger food or snacks

• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: timutimo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小吃 (zh) (xiǎochī)

• Finnish: naksut (fi)
• Galician: petisco (gl) m
• Greek: μεζέδες (el) m pl (mezédes), μεζεδάκια (el) n pl (mezedákia) (diminutive)
• Italian: stuzzichino (it) m
• Polish: przekąski do jedzenia rękami nvir pl

Noun

nibbles

1. plural of nibble

Verb

nibbles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nibble

Portuguese

Noun

nibbles

1. plural of nibble