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cabas

English

Alternative forms

  • caba

Etymology

French cabas

Noun

cabas

  1. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
  2. A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
    • a. 1847, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor, published 1857
      I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas []

Anagrams

  • AACSB, ASBCA, BCAAs, Bacas, abacs

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan cabas, a word of Iberian origin (compare Catalan cabàs, Old Portuguese cabaz, Spanish copazo and cabás).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.b?/, /ka.ba/

Noun

cabas m (plural cabas)

  1. shopping basket
Descendants
  • ? English: cabas

Further reading

  • “cabas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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caban

English

Noun

caban (plural cabans)

  1. (Philippines) A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine Islands.

References

  • caban in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Nacba

French

Etymology

From Italian gabbano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.b??/

Noun

caban m (plural cabans)

  1. reefer jacket

Descendants

  • ? German: Caban

Further reading

  • “caban” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

caban m pl

  1. plural of cab

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