caballete

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Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

caballete

Etymology

Diminutive of caballo (“horse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝete/ (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʎete/ (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʃete/ (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʒete/ (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -ete
Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lle‧te

Noun

caballete m (plural caballetes)

easel
ridge (of a roof)
Synonym: cumbrera
trestle (of furniture)
stand; kickstand (support)
(anatomy) bridge (of the nose)
(zoology) keel (of a bird)

Further reading

“caballete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024

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