Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

escabeche

/ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: es-ca-beche
IPA: /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /⁠*sikbāg⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of caveach and sikbaj.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: اَلسُّكَّبَاج, سكباجة

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/
British English: /ˌɛs.kəˈbɛtʃ.ɪ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

escabeches (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce escabeche?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/.
What does escabeche mean?: A dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.
Where does escabeche come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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