tabique

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbike/ [t̪aˈβ̞i.ke]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: ta‧bi‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تَشْبِيك (tašbík), from Arabic تَشْبِيك (tašbīk).

Noun

tabique m (plural tabiques)

1. thin wall, or partition
2. (Mexico) brick

   Synonym: ladrillo

3. (anatomy) septum

Derived terms

• tabique nasal

Etymology 2

Verb

tabique

1. inflection of tabicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tabique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025