different between cutlet vs kebab

English

Etymology

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut +? -let.

Noun

cutlet (plural cutlets)

1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.

   Synonym: scallop

2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

Derived terms

• nut cutlet

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cutlet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• cuttle

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