English Online Dictionary. What means adobe? What does adobe mean?
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdəʊ.bi/, /əˈdəʊb/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈdoʊ.bi/
- Rhymes: -əʊbi
Noun
adobe (usually uncountable, plural adobes)
- An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
- Synonyms: mudbrick, dobe
- 1977, George Lucas, Star Wars (script)
- The Jawas mutter gibberish as they busily line up their battered captives, including Artoo and Threepio, in front of the enormous Sandcrawler, which is parked beside a small homestead consisting of three large holes in the ground surrounded by several tall moisture vaporators and one small adobe block house.
- 26 May 2003, Roger Angell, in The New Yorker,
- The Sangre de Cristos came into view and the first soft-cornered adobe houses, and that night we ate at La Fonda with my Aunt Elsie, who worked for the Indian Bureau, and had Hopi snake dances and San Ildefonso pottery-makers and Mabel Dodge Luhan in store for us in the coming weeks.
- The earth from which such bricks are made.
- A house made of adobe brick.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “adobe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Baode, EABOD, abode, boaed
Dutch
Etymology
From Spanish adobe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈdoː.bə/
- Hyphenation: ado‧be
Noun
adobe m (plural adobes, diminutive adobetje n)
- adobe
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adobe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dɔb/
Noun
adobe m (plural adobes)
- adobe
Further reading
- “adobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdɔbe/ [aˈð̞ɔ.β̞ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ɔbe
- Hyphenation: a‧do‧be
Etymology 1
Noun
adobe m (plural adobes)
- adobe (brick)
- 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 132:
- 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 132:
- clod, divot, clump of earth
- Synonyms: baloco, terrón
References
- “adobe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “adobe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “adobe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “adobe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
adobe
- inflection of adobar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Japanese
Romanization
adobe
- Rōmaji transcription of アドベ
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- adobo
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧do‧be
Noun
adobe m (plural adobes)
- adobe (unburnt brick)
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdobe/ [aˈð̞o.β̞e]
- Rhymes: -obe
- Syllabification: a‧do‧be
Etymology 1
Noun
adobe m (plural adobes)
- (construction) adobe
Descendants
- → Dutch: adobe
- → English: adobe
- → French: adobe
- → Tagalog: adobe
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
adobe
- inflection of adobar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “adobe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- adube
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian
(ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈdobe/, [ʔɐˈdo.bɛ]
- Rhymes: -obe
- Syllabification: a‧do‧be
Noun
adobe (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜊᜒ) (construction)
- adobe (brick)
- adobe stone; quarry stone
Derived terms
See also
References
- “adobe” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “adobe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “adobe”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024