"cubeb" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkjuːbɛb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cubeb.wav Forms: cubebs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quibibe}} Middle English quibibe, {{der|en|fro|quibibe}} Old French quibibe, {{der|en|ar|كُبَابَة}} Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba), {{cog|fr|cubèbe}} French cubèbe, {{root|en|ar|ك ب ب}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} cubeb (plural cubebs)
  1. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil. Translations (Piper cubeba): كَبَابَة (kabāba) [feminine] (Arabic), حَبّ الْعَرُوس (ḥabb al-ʕarūs) [masculine] (Arabic), ܟܒܳܒܳܐ (kəḇāḇā) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), հնդկապղպեղ (hndkapġpeġ) (Armenian), merica buntut (Betawi), 蓽澄茄 /荜澄茄 (bì chéng qié) (Chinese Mandarin), pepřovník kubebový (Czech), staartpeper [masculine] (Dutch), kubebapippuri (Finnish), poivre à queue [masculine] (French), cubèbe m archaically [feminine] (French), Kubebenpfeffer [masculine] (German), कबाबचीनी (kabābcīnī) [feminine] (Hindi), kubébabors (Hungarian), jávai bors (Hungarian), kemukus (Indonesian), cubebe [masculine] (Italian), kumukus (Javanese), kemukus (Malay), lada berekor (Malay), քապապայ (kʻapapay) (Middle Armenian), quibibe (Middle English), کبابهٔ چینی (kabâba-ye čini) (Persian), rarer کباب چینی (kabâb-e čini) (Persian), cubeb [masculine] (Romanian), кубе́ба (kubéba) [feminine] (Russian), пе́рец кубе́ба (pérec kubéba) [masculine] (Russian), गन्धमरिच (gandhamarica) [neuter] (Sanskrit), မၢၵ်ႇၽိတ်ႉၶျၢင်း (màak phḭ̂t khjáang) (Shan), rinu (Sundanese), kubebapeppar [common-gender] (Swedish), ಕಂಧಮುಣ್ಚಿ (kandhamuṇci) (Tulu), kübabe (Turkish), کباب چینی (kabāb cīnī) [feminine] (Urdu)
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  2. One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tailed pepper, Java pepper Derived forms: cubeb berry, cubebic acid, cubebin

Inflected forms

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          "word": "蓽澄茄 /荜澄茄"
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    "Terms with Middle Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Shan translations",
    "Terms with Sundanese translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tulu translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "en:Piperales order plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cubeb berry"
    },
    {
      "word": "cubebic acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "cubebin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "quibibe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English quibibe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "quibibe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French quibibe",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كُبَابَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "cubèbe"
      },
      "expansion": "French cubèbe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ك ب ب"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cubebs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cubeb (plural cubebs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tailed pepper",
          "tailed pepper"
        ],
        [
          "Piper cubeba",
          "Piper cubeba#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Indonesian",
          "Indonesian"
        ],
        [
          "berries",
          "berries"
        ],
        [
          "essential oil",
          "essential oil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              95,
              101
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:",
          "text": "Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condiment",
          "condiment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkjuːbɛb/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cubeb.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tailed pepper"
    },
    {
      "word": "Java pepper"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kabāba",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كَبَابَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥabb al-ʕarūs",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَبّ الْعَرُوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "kəḇāḇā",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܟܒܳܒܳܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hndkapġpeġ",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "հնդկապղպեղ"
    },
    {
      "code": "axm",
      "lang": "Middle Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻapapay",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "քապապայ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bew",
      "lang": "Betawi",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "merica buntut"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bì chéng qié",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "蓽澄茄 /荜澄茄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "pepřovník kubebový"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staartpeper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "kubebapippuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poivre à queue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cubèbe m archaically"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kubebenpfeffer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kabābcīnī",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कबाबचीनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "kubébabors"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "jávai bors"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "kemukus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "kumukus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "kemukus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "lada berekor"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "quibibe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kabâba-ye čini",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "کبابهٔ چینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kabâb-e čini",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "rarer کباب چینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubeb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kubéba",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кубе́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pérec kubéba",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пе́рец кубе́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "gandhamarica",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "गन्धमरिच"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "màak phḭ̂t khjáang",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "မၢၵ်ႇၽိတ်ႉၶျၢင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "rinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kubebapeppar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcy",
      "lang": "Tulu",
      "roman": "kandhamuṇci",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "ಕಂಧಮುಣ್ಚಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "word": "kübabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kabāb cīnī",
      "sense": "Piper cubeba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "کباب چینی"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cubeb"
  ],
  "word": "cubeb"
}

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