escabeche

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See also: escabeché and escabèche

English

Etymology

From Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian *sḵbʾk' (*sikbāg) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of sikbaj.

Pronunciation

Noun

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escabeche (countable and uncountable, plural escabeches)

  1. A dish of fish (sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.

Translations

Galician

Verb

escabeche

  1. inflection of escabechar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaˈbet͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -etʃe
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧be‧che

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (as-sukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian (*sikbāg /⁠*sḵbʾk'⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)).

Noun

escabeche m (plural escabeches)

  1. escabeche
  2. pickle (food preserved by pickling in vinegar)
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Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escabeche

  1. inflection of escabechar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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