sabó

See also: sabo and Sabo

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan sabó~sabon, from Latin sāpōnem, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Compare Occitan sabon, French savon, Spanish jabón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [səˈβu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈbo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈβo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈbo]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [saˈβo]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

sabó m (plural sabons)

1. soap

Derived terms

• ensabonar
• sabó de sastre
• sabó de vidriers
• sabonaire
• saboner
• sabonera
• saboneria
• saboneta
• sabonós

References

• “sabó”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sabó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sabó” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sabó”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)