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Definitions and meaning of kebab

kebab

Alternative forms

• kabaab, kabob, kebap, kabab, kebob

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəˈbæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈbæb/ (usual), IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɑːb/ (less common)
• Rhymes: -æb
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

1. (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
2. (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
4. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
5. A restaurant that sells kebabs

6. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
7. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
8. (slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.
9. (graphical user interface) A menu icon of three vertical dots.

   Coordinate terms: meatball, hamburger, bento

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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.

See also

• gyros
• shashlik
• shawarma
• souvlaki
• suya

References

Further reading

• kebab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “kebab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Noun

kebab m inan

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbɑp/
• Hyphenation: ke‧bab
• Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

kebab m (uncountable)

1. kebab (seasoned meat grilled on a spit), esp. doner kebab

Derived terms

• kebabtent
• kebabzaak

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkebɑb/, [ˈk̟e̞bɑ̝b]
• Rhymes: -ebɑb
• Syllabification^(key): ke‧bab

Noun

kebab

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) kebu, kebbe

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kebab”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Alternative forms

• kébab (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.bab/

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Further reading

• “kebab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kabab- (“to burn, to roast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈbap̚]
• Hyphenation: kê‧bab

Noun

kebab (first-person possessive kebabku, second-person possessive kebabmu, third-person possessive kebabnya)

1. (cooking) kebab.

Alternative forms

• kabab

Further reading

• “kebab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈbab/
• Rhymes: -ab
• Hyphenation: ke‧bàb

Noun

kebab m (invariable)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

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

• hvalkebab
• rullekebab

References

• “kebab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keːbɑb/, /keːbɑːb/
• 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

• “kebab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.bap/
• Rhymes: -ɛbap
• Syllabification: ke‧bab

Noun

kebab m animal or m inan (related adjective kebabowy)

1. doner kebab, gyro (Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread)

   Synonym: (slang) kebs

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

Declension

Noun

kebab m pers

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

Declension

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Further reading

• kebab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kebab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kebab in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈbab/ [keˈβ̞aβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: ke‧bab

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab, doner kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Further reading

• “kebab”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kebap. According to SO attested since the 1970s.

Pronunciation

Noun

kebab c

1. kebab, meat (often beef, sometimes lamb) roasted on an upright skewer

   Coordinate term: (pork kebab) gyros

2. doner kebab, dish of skewered meat and vegetables served in pita bread

   Synonym: kebab med bröd

Declension

Derived terms

References

• kebab in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kebab in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org