rebec
English
Etymology
From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe, from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
Pronunciation
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Noun
rebec (plural rebecs)
- (music) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- The villages also must have their visitors to enquire what lectures the bagpipe and the rebbeck reads ev'n to the ballatry, and the gammuth of every municipal fidler, for these are the Countrymans Arcadia's and his Monte Mayors.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
Derived terms
Translations
stringed instrument
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Adjective
rebec (feminine rebeca, masculine plural rebecs, feminine plural rebeques)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rebec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rebec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “rebec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rebec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Noun
rebec
Declension
Inflection of rebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rebec | rebecit | |
genitive | rebecin | rebecien | |
partitive | rebeciä | rebecejä | |
illative | rebeciin | rebeceihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rebec | rebecit | |
accusative | nom. | rebec | rebecit |
gen. | rebecin | ||
genitive | rebecin | rebecien | |
partitive | rebeciä | rebecejä | |
inessive | rebecissä | rebeceissä | |
elative | rebecistä | rebeceistä | |
illative | rebeciin | rebeceihin | |
adessive | rebecillä | rebeceillä | |
ablative | rebeciltä | rebeceiltä | |
allative | rebecille | rebeceille | |
essive | rebecinä | rebeceinä | |
translative | rebeciksi | rebeceiksi | |
abessive | rebecittä | rebeceittä | |
instructive | — | rebecein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English 2-syllable words
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- fi:Music
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- fi:String instruments