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English

Etymology

A mutation of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophones: bight, bite, by't

Noun

byte (plural bytes)

1. (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
2. (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

   Synonyms: B, octet

Derived terms

(unit of storage):

• kilobyte
• megabyte
• gigabyte
• terabyte
• petabyte
• exabyte
• zettabyte
• yottabyte

Related terms

(unit of storage):

• Previous: bit
• Next: kilobyte

(machine word):

• Previous: nybble
• Next: word

Translations

See also

• word, doubleword, longword, char

Further reading

• byte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• beyt

Czech

Alternative forms

• bajt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bajt]

Noun

byte m

1. byte

Derived terms

• kilobyte
• megabyte
• gigabyte
• terabyte

Further reading

• byte in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Noun

byte

1. (slang, rare) byte

Declension

Synonyms

• tavu

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ba?jt]
• Hyphenation: byte
• Rhymes: -a?jt

Noun

byte (plural byte-ok)

1. (computing) byte (a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits)

Usage notes

It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.

Declension

References

Further reading

• byte in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
• Questions of spelling while compiling the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (see page 5 in the PDF, page 55 in the original)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Noun

byte m (invariable)

1. (computing) byte

   Synonym: bicarattere

Middle English

Verb

byte

1. Alternative form of biten

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bajt(?)(i)/

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

1. (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: B

Coordinate terms

• Multiples: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

• bit

Slovak

Alternative forms

• bajt

Noun

byte m

1. byte

Further reading

• byte in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bait/, [?bai?t?]

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

1. byte

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by?t?/

Noun

byte n

1. trading, exchange, change
2. catch, plunder, loot

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajt/, /ba?t/

Noun

byte c

1. a byte (8 bits, in computers)

Declension

References

• byte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Alternative forms

• kabaab, kabob, kebap, kabab, kebob

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /k??bæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??bæb/
• Rhymes: -æb
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??b?b/
• Rhymes: -??b

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. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
4. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
5. (slang, vulgar, Britain) The 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

• gyros
• shashlik
• shawarma
• souvlaki
• suya

References

Further reading

• kebab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kebab at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Noun

kebab m

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

Related terms

• šiškebab

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b?p/
• Hyphenation: ke?bab
• Rhymes: -?p

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 ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?keb?b/, [?ke?b?b]
• Rhymes: -eb?b
• Syllabification: ke?bab

Noun

kebab

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Synonyms

• (colloquial) kebbe

French

Alternative forms

• kébab

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (kab?b), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kabab- (“to burn, to roast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??bap?]
• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?bab/
• Hyphenation: ke?bàb

Noun

kebab m (invariable)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?b?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

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 ??????? (kab?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?b?b/, /ke?b??b/ (example of pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -?b

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

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.bap/

Noun

kebab m inan

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

Usage notes

The incorrect genitive singular form kebaba is extremely common.

Declension

Noun

kebab m pers

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

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) kebs

Further reading

• kebab in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kebab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?bab/, [ke???a??]

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kebab c

1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Derived terms