chebec

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

chebec (plural chebecs)

  1. Alternative form of xebec

Etymology 2

Imitative of its note.

Pronunciation

Noun

chebec (plural chebecs)

  1. A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chebec”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French chabek, chebec, chebeck, chebek, via probably Italian sciabecco from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃə.bɛk/
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Noun

chebec m (plural chebecs)

  1. xebec
    • 1888, P. A. Hennique, Les caboteurs et pêcheurs de la côte de Tunisie: pêche des éponges‎, page 3:
      Certains chebecs, au siècle dernier, furent armés en guerre et portèrent jusqu’à 26 canons
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