kebab

See also: kébab

English

some kebabs

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap.[1] See the Arabic entry for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

  1. (Britain) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  3. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of Arab descent.
  4. (slang, vulgar, Britain) Vulva.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed)

  1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab
  2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer
    • 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle (page 32)
      I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.

See also

References

  1. ↑ “kebab” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN.

Czech

Noun

kebab m

  1. kebab (dish, whether shish kebab or donner kebab)

Further reading

  • kebab in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Noun

kebab

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Inflection of kebab (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kebab kebabit
genitive kebabin kebabien
partitive kebabia kebabeja
illative kebabiin kebabeihin
singular plural
nominative kebab kebabit
accusative nom. kebab kebabit
gen. kebabin
genitive kebabin kebabien
partitive kebabia kebabeja
inessive kebabissa kebabeissa
elative kebabista kebabeista
illative kebabiin kebabeihin
adessive kebabilla kebabeilla
ablative kebabilta kebabeilta
allative kebabille kebabeille
essive kebabina kebabeina
translative kebabiksi kebabeiksi
instructive — kebabein
abessive kebabitta kebabeitta
comitative — kebabeineen

Synonyms

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.bab/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic کَبَاب‎ (“fried meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈbab/, [keˈbäb]
  • Stress: kebàb
  • Hyphenation: ke‧bab

Noun

kebab m (invariable)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keːbɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebaber, definite plural kebabene)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keːbɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebabar, definite plural kebabane)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

  • kvalkebab
  • rullekebab

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.bap/

Noun

kebab m inan

  1. doner kebab
  2. (colloquial, metonymically) restaurant or bar that serves this food

Usage notes

The incorrect genitive singular form kebaba is extremely common.

Declension

Noun

kebab m anim

  1. (ethnic slur) Muslim person, especially of Turkish descent

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (Turkish dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Spanish

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

kebab c

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Declension of kebab 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kebab kebaben kebaber kebaberna
Genitive kebabs kebabens kebabers kebabernas
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