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kebab
(kəbæb, US -bɑːb)
Word forms: plural kebabsregional note: in AM, also use kabob
variable noun
A kebab is pieces of meat or vegetables grilled on a long thin stick, or slices of grilled meat served in pitta bread.
kebab in British English
(kəˈbæb)
noun
a dish consisting of small pieces of meat, tomatoes, onions, etc, threaded onto skewers and grilled, generally over charcoal
Also called: shish kebab, kabob, cabobWord origin
C17: via Urdu from Arabic kabāb roast meatkebab in American English
(kəˈbɑb) or ˈkebob (kəˈbɑb)
noun
1.
a small piece of marinated meat used as for shish kebab
2. [often pl.]
shish kebab
Word origin
Ar kabābImage ofkebab
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In other languageskebab
British English: kebab /kəˈbæb/ NOUN
A kebab is pieces of meat or vegetables grilled on a long thin stick, or slices of grilled meat served in flat bread.
- American English: kebab
- Arabic: كَبَابٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: espetinho
- Chinese: 烤肉串
- Croatian: kebab
- Czech: kebab
- Danish: kebab
- Dutch: kebab
- European Spanish: pincho
- Finnish: kebab
- French: brochette
- German: Kebab
- Greek: κεμπάπ
- Italian: kebab
- Japanese: カバブ
- Korean: 케밥
- Norwegian: kebab
- Polish: kebab
- European Portuguese: kebab
- Romanian: kebab
- Russian: кебаб
- Latin American Spanish: pincho
- Swedish: kebab
- Thai: เนื้อและผักชิ้นเล็กเสียบด้วยไม้เสียบแล้วย่าง
- Turkish: kebap
- Ukrainian: кебаб
- Vietnamese: món thịt nướng kebab
Chinese translation of 'kebab'
kebab
(kəˈbæb)
n (c)
- (on stick)
烤肉串
(kǎoròuchuàn) (串, chuàn) - (in bread)
夹(夾)烤肉饼(餅)
(jiākǎoròubǐng) (个(個), gè)美 = kabob