escabeche
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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
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ʔɛs.kɐˈbɛ.t͡ʃɛ/
Noun
escabeche (countable and uncountable, plural escabeches)
Translations
a dish of fish (sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
Galician
Verb
escabeche
- inflection of escabechar:
Spanish
Pronunciation
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)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: eskabetse
- → English: escabeche
- → French: escabèche
- → Italian: scabeccio
- → Neapolitan: scapece
- → Italian: scapece
- → Tagalog: eskabetse
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
escabeche
- inflection of escabechar:
Further reading
- “escabeche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28