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escabeche

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɛs.kəˈbɛtʃ.ɪ/
  • US: /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/
  • US: /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪʃ/
  • Philippines: /ʔɛs.kɐˈbɛ.tʃɛ/
  • rhymes with (UK) -ɛtʃi
  • rhymes with (US) -eɪʃ

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noun

Meaning 1

A dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /⁠*sikbāg⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of caveach and sikbaj.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِكْبَاج أَنْدَلُسِيّ (sikbāj ʔandalusiyy) — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Catalan: escabetx — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • French: escabèche — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Galician: escabeche — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Italian: scapece — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Italian: scabeccio — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Italian: carpione — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Japanese: 南蛮漬け (nanbandzuke) — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Japanese: エスカベーシュ (esukabēshu) — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Japanese: エスカベーチェ (esukabēche) — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Occitan: escabècha — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Portuguese: escabeche — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Spanish: escabeche — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Tagalog: lampahan — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
  • Tagalog: eskabetse — a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold