cabas

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See also:cabás,cabàs,andCabas

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromFrenchcabas.

Noun

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cabas

  1. A flatbasketorfrailforfigs,etc.
  2. A lady's flatworkbasket,reticule,orhandbag.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition ofWebster’s Dictionary,which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry forcabas”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.)

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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FromOld Occitancabas,a word of Iberian origin (compareCatalancabàs,Old Galician-Portuguesecabaz,Spanishcapazo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ka.ba/~/ka.bɑ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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cabasm(pluralcabas)

  1. shoppingbasket
  2. (Louisiana)backpack

Descendants

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  • English:cabas
  • Spanish:cabás

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Noun

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cabas

  1. pluralofcaba