berbere

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See also: berbère and Berbère

English

A small pile of berbere spice mixture.

Etymology

From Amharic በርበሬ (bärbäre) and/or Tigrinya በርበረ (bärbärä).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛɚˈbɛɚ.ɹeɪ/,[1] /bɛɚ.bɛɚ.ɹi/ or IPA(key): /bɝˈbɝ.ɹeɪ/, /bɝˈbɝ.ɹi/, /bɝˈbɝ.ɹə/[2]
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Noun

berbere (uncountable)

  1. A spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, and other spices, which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
    • 1939, Ferdinando Quaranta di San Severino, Ethiopia, an empire in the making, page 16:
      Food in Ethiopia is always seasoned with berberè, a kind of pimiento.
    • 1958, The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and African Child Health:
      Wat is a sauce composed of legumes, including horsebeans, chickpeas, kidneybeans, and lentils pounded to a flour, and mixed with spices. First berbere (red pepper) is dried and ground, then mixed with onions and butter, thus forming a thick cream.
    • 1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.

References

  1. ^ Matt Lee and Ted Lee, The Next Big Flavor, in The New York Times (2003 May 4)
  2. ^ Amanda Bevill, Julie Kramis Hearne, World Spice at Home: New Flavors for 75 Favorite Dishes →ISBN, 2014)

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

berbere

  1. feminine plural of berbero

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

berbere m

  1. indefinite plural of berber

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, Berber), probably from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros, foreign). Doublet of bárbaro and brabo.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

berbere m or f by sense (plural berberes)

  1. Berber (member of northwest African ethnic group)

Noun

berbere m (uncountable)

  1. Berber (a group of closely related languages)