tabe

See also: tabè

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tābes (“melting, putrefaction”), derived from Proto-Italic *tāfē-, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂bʰeh₁- (“to be melting”), derived from the root *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.be/
• Hyphenation: tà‧be

Noun

tabe f (plural tabi)

1. (literary):
   1. pus
   2. emaciation
   3. (figurative) degradation, corruption
2. (medicine) tabes

Related terms

• tabido

References

• tabe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) tābe

1. ablative singular of tābēs

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Volapük

Noun

tabe

1. dative singular of tab