adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arabic
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Arab
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ârʹəb
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəb/
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British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /ˈaɹəb/
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/ˈæɹəb/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈɛɹəb/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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US: Mmmm Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland, Wales: /ˈaɾəb/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɛɹəb/
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dated: āʹrăb
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dated: /ˈeɪɹæb/
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rhymes with -æɹəb
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 R AH0 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: EY1 R AH0 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
The Arabic language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A member of the Semitic ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: strictly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person from the Middle East and North Africa, whose mother tongue is Arabic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An Arabian horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A street Arab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon You Christian people often see the little gutter children — the poor little arabs in the street — and you feel much pity for them, as well you may.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
billion (sense 1); 1,000,000,000; or with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,00,000.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arabian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saddle horse, riding horse, mount
noun
Meaning 10
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arabian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Semite
Narrower terms: Bahraini, Bahreini, Palestinian, Palestinian Arab, Omani, Qatari, Katari, Saudi, Saudi Arabian, Yemeni, Bedouin, Beduin, Saracen
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from Arabic.
Borrowed from Hindi अरब (arab).
Across languages
Translations
226 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Albanian: arabe — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Amharic: ዐረብኛ (ʿäräbña) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Arabic: عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Armenian: արաբական (arabakan) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Aromanian: arabescu — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Aromanian: arabeascã — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Azerbaijani: ərəb — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Bashkir: ғәрәп (ğərəp) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Belarusian: ара́бскі (arábski) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Bengali: আরবি (arobi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Bulgarian: ара́бски (arábski) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Burmese: အာရပ် (arap) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Catalan: àrab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Chinese Cantonese: 阿拉伯 (aa3 laai1 baak3) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Chinese: араб (arab) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉伯 (Ālābó) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Coptic: ⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ (arabos) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Czech: arabský — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Danish: arabisk — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Danish: araber- — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Dutch: Arabisch — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Esperanto: araba — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Estonian: araabia — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Finnish: arabialainen — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- French: arabe — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Gagauz: Arap — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Georgian: არაბული (arabuli) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- German: arabisch — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- German: Araber- — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Greek: αραβικός (aravikós) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Ancient Greek: Ἀραβικός (Arabikós) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִי (araví) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִית (aravít) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Hindi: अरबी (arbī) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Hindi: अरब (arab) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Hungarian: arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Indonesian: arabik — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Indonesian: bahasa Arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Irish: Arabach — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Italian: arabo — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Japanese: アラブの (arabu no) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Kazakh: араб (arab) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (ʼaarap) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Korean: 아랍의 (arab-ui) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Kyrgyz: араб (arab) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Lao: ອາຣັບ (ʼā rap) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Lao: ອາຫຼັບ (ʼā lap) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Latvian: arābu — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Latvian: arābisks — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Lithuanian: arabų — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Lithuanian: arabiškas — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Macedonian: а́рапски (árapski) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Malay: Arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Malayalam: അറബി (aṟabi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Maltese: Għarbi — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Manx: Arabagh — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Māori: Ārapi — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Marathi: अरबी (arbī) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Neapolitan: arabbo — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Norwegian: arabisk — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Norwegian Bokmål: arabisk — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Norwegian Bokmål: araber- — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arabisk — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arabar- — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Occitan: arabi — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Occitan: arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Old English: Arabisċ — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Pashto: عربي (arabi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Pashto: عرب (arab) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Pashto: تازي (tāzi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Persian: عَرَب ('arab) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Persian: تازی (tâzi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Polish: arabski — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Portuguese: árabe — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Romanian: arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Russian: ара́бский (arábskij) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Scottish Gaelic: Arabach — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Serbo-Croatian: а̀рапскӣ — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Serbo-Croatian: àrapskī — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Slovak: arabský — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Slovene: arabski — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Spanish: árabe — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Swedish: arabisk — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Swedish: arab- — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Tagalog: Arabo — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Tajik: арабӣ (arabi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Tajik: тозӣ (tozi) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Tatar: гарәп (ğäräp) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Thai: อาหรับ (aa-ràp) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Turkish: Arap — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Turkmen: arap — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Ukrainian: ара́бський (arábsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Urdu: عَرَبی ('arabī) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Uzbek: arab — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Vietnamese: Á rập — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Yiddish: אַראַביש (arabish) — of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
- Albanian: arab — person from Arabia
- Albanian: arabe — person from Arabia
- Amharic: ዐረብ (ʿäräb) — person from Arabia
- Arabic: عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy) — person from Arabia
- Arabic: عَرَبِيَّة (ʕarabiyya) — person from Arabia
- Arabic: عَرَب (ʕarab) — person from Arabia
- Aramaic: ܛܝܝܐ — person from Arabia
- Aramaic: ܥܪܒܝܐ — person from Arabia
- Aramaic: ܥܖܒܝܐ — person from Arabia
- Armenian: արաբ (arab) — person from Arabia
- Aromanian: arab — person from Arabia
- Aromanian: arabã — person from Arabia
- Azerbaijani: ərəb — person from Arabia
- Belarusian: ара́б (aráb) — person from Arabia
- Belarusian: ара́бка (arábka) — person from Arabia
- Bengali: আরব (arob) — person from Arabia
- Bulgarian: ара́бин (arábin) — person from Arabia
- Bulgarian: ара́бка (arábka) — person from Arabia
- Burmese: အာရပ် (arap) — person from Arabia
- Catalan: àrab — person from Arabia
- Chinese Cantonese: 阿拉伯人 (aa3 laai1 baak3 jan4) — person from Arabia
- Chinese: араб (arab) — person from Arabia
- Chinese: арабжын (arabřɨn) — person from Arabia
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉伯人 (Ālābórén) — person from Arabia
- Corsican: àrabu — person from Arabia
- Corsican: àraba — person from Arabia
- Corsican: arabu — person from Arabia
- Corsican: araba — person from Arabia
- Czech: Arab — person from Arabia
- Czech: Arabka — person from Arabia
- Danish: araber — person from Arabia
- Dutch: Arabier — person from Arabia
- Esperanto: arabo — person from Arabia
- Estonian: araablane — person from Arabia
- Faroese: arábi — person from Arabia
- Finnish: arabi — person from Arabia
- Finnish: arabialainen — person from Arabia
- French: Arabe — person from Arabia
- Gagauz: arab — person from Arabia
- Gagauz: arap — person from Arabia
- Georgian: არაბი (arabi) — person from Arabia
- German: Araber — person from Arabia
- German: Araberin — person from Arabia
- Greek: Άραβας (Áravas) — person from Arabia
- Greek: Αράβισσα (Arávissa) — person from Arabia
- Ancient Greek: Ἄραψ (Áraps) — person from Arabia
- Hausa: Balarabe — person from Arabia
- Hausa: Balarabiya — person from Arabia
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִי (araví) — person from Arabia
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִיָּה (araviyá) — person from Arabia
- Hindi: अरब (arab) — person from Arabia
- Hindi: अरबी (arbī) — person from Arabia
- Hungarian: arab — person from Arabia
- Irish: Arabach — person from Arabia
- Italian: arabo — person from Arabia
- Italian: araba — person from Arabia
- Japanese: アラビア人 (arabiajin) — person from Arabia
- Kazakh: араб (arab) — person from Arabia
- Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (ʼaarap) — person from Arabia
- Korean: 아랍인 (arabin) — person from Arabia
- Northern Kurdish: ereb — person from Arabia
- Kyrgyz: араб (arab) — person from Arabia
- Ladino: árabo — person from Arabia
- Lao: ອາຣັບ (ʼā rap) — person from Arabia
- Lao: ອາຫຼັບ (ʼā lap) — person from Arabia
- Latin: Arabes — person from Arabia
- Latvian: arābs — person from Arabia
- Latvian: arābiete — person from Arabia
- Lithuanian: arabas — person from Arabia
- Lithuanian: arabė — person from Arabia
- Macedonian: А́рап (Árap) — person from Arabia
- Macedonian: А́рапка (Árapka) — person from Arabia
- Malay: Arab — person from Arabia
- Malayalam: അറബി (aṟabi) — person from Arabia
- Maltese: Għarbi — person from Arabia
- Maltese: Għarbija — person from Arabia
- Maltese: Għarbin — person from Arabia
- Manx: Arabagh — person from Arabia
- Māori: Ārapi — person from Arabia
- Marathi: अरब (arab) — person from Arabia
- Mongolian: араб хүн (arab xün) — person from Arabia
- Norwegian Bokmål: araber — person from Arabia
- Norwegian Bokmål: araberinne — person from Arabia
- Norwegian Bokmål: araberkvinne — person from Arabia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arabar — person from Arabia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arabarinne — person from Arabia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arabarkvinne — person from Arabia
- Old English: Arabisċ — person from Arabia
- Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩧𐩨 (ʿrb) — person from Arabia
- Pashto: عرب ('arab) — person from Arabia
- Persian: عَرَب ('arab) — person from Arabia
- Polish: Arab — person from Arabia
- Polish: Arabka — person from Arabia
- Polish: Arabus — person from Arabia
- Portuguese: árabe — person from Arabia
- Romanian: arab — person from Arabia
- Romanian: arabă — person from Arabia
- Russian: ара́б (aráb) — person from Arabia
- Russian: ара́бка (arábka) — person from Arabia
- Sardinian: arabu — person from Arabia
- Sardinian: araba — person from Arabia
- Scottish Gaelic: Arabach — person from Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: А̀рапин — person from Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: А̀рапкиња — person from Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: Àrapin — person from Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: Àrapkinja — person from Arabia
- Slovak: Arab — person from Arabia
- Slovak: Arabka — person from Arabia
- Slovene: Arabec — person from Arabia
- Slovene: Arabka — person from Arabia
- Spanish: árabe — person from Arabia
- Swahili: Mwarabu — person from Arabia
- Swedish: arab — person from Arabia
- Swedish: arabiska — person from Arabia
- Tagalog: Arabo — person from Arabia
- Tajik: араб (arab) — person from Arabia
- Thai: อาหรับ (aa-ràp) — person from Arabia
- Thai: คนอาหรับ — person from Arabia
- Tumbuka: Mrungwana — person from Arabia
- Tumbuka: muArabu — person from Arabia
- Turkish: Arap — person from Arabia
- Turkmen: arap — person from Arabia
- Ukrainian: ара́б (aráb) — person from Arabia
- Ukrainian: ара́бка (arábka) — person from Arabia
- Urdu: عَرَب ('arab) — person from Arabia
- Uyghur: ئەرەب (ereb) — person from Arabia
- Uzbek: arab — person from Arabia
- Vietnamese: người Á rập — person from Arabia
- Yiddish: אַראַבער (araber) — person from Arabia