Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cabas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: cabas
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.

Archaic

name

Example Sentences

"I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas […]"
"a. 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Villette And at last I got away. The shop commissions took some time to execute, that choosing and matching of silks and wools being always a tedious business, but at last I got through my list. The patterns for the slippers, the bell-ropes, the cabas were selected—the slides and tassels for the purses chosen—the whole "tripotage", in short, was off my mind; nothing but the fruit and the felicitations remained to be attended to."

Etymology

From French cabas.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cabas

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

caba (alternative)

Questions

What does cabas mean?: A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
Where does cabas come from?: It is traced to French.

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