acebibe

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلزَّبِيب (az-zabīb, “raisin”). Compare Portuguese acepipe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeˈbibe/ [a.θeˈβ̞i.β̞e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aseˈbibe/ [a.seˈβ̞i.β̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧bi‧be

Noun

acebibe m (plural acebibes)

1. (dated) raisin

   Synonym: pasa

Further reading

• acebibe | Diccionario de la lengua española (2001) | RAE - ASALE
• “acebibe”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021