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jabot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • UK: /ˈʒæ.bəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æbəʊ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French jabot.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: жабо (žabo) — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Czech: fiží — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Czech: fiší — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Czech: žabó — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Czech: žabot — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Dutch: jabot — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Esperanto: ĵaboto — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • French: jabot — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Georgian: ჟაბო (žabo) — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • German: Jabot — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Hungarian: zsabó — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Japanese: ジャボ (jabo) — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Eastern Mari: жабо (žabo) — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Polish: żabot — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Russian: жабо́ (žabó) — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Spanish: chorrera — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse
  • Spanish: guirindola — a cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse