Standard Lemma guide

Kabyle

adj · name · noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kəˈbaɪl/
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  • rhymes with -aɪl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to these people or their language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kabylian

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kabylian

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a Berber ethnic group inhabiting Algeria, speaking the Kabyle language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kabylian

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Arabic قَبَائِل (qabāʔil, “tribes”), plural of قَبِيلَة (qabīla, “tribe”), perhaps via French kabyle.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cabilenc — pertaining to these people or their language
  • French: kabyle — pertaining to these people or their language
  • Kabyle: aqbayli — pertaining to these people or their language
  • Marathi: कबाइल (kabāil) — pertaining to these people or their language
  • Swedish: kabylisk — pertaining to these people or their language
  • Arabic: قَبَائِلِيَّة (qabāʔiliyya) — language
  • Arabic: قَبَايْلي (gabāyli) — language
  • Catalan: cabilenc — language
  • Czech: kabylština — language
  • Danish: kabylsk — language
  • Esperanto: kabila lingvo — language
  • Esperanto: la kabila — language
  • Finnish: kabyyli — language
  • French: kabyle — language
  • German: kabylische Sprache — language
  • German: Kabylisch — language
  • Hungarian: kabil — language
  • Icelandic: kabýlska — language
  • Irish: Caibílis — language
  • Kabyle: taqbaylit — language
  • Marathi: कबाइल (kabāil) — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kabylsk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kabylsk — language
  • Polish: kabylski — language
  • Portuguese: kabyle — language
  • Russian: кабильский (kabilʹskij) — language
  • Slovak: kabylčina — language
  • Spanish: cabilio — language
  • Swedish: kabyliska — language
  • Arabic: قَبَائِلِيّ (qabāʔiliyy) — person
  • Arabic: قَبَايْلي (gabāyli) — person
  • Catalan: cabilenc — person
  • Danish: kabyler — person
  • Esperanto: kabilo — person
  • French: Kabyle — person
  • German: Kabyle — person
  • German: Kabylin — person
  • Greek: Καβύλος (Kavýlos) — person
  • Italian: cabillo — person
  • Italian: cabilla — person
  • Kabyle: aqbayli — person
  • Kabyle: taqbaylit — person
  • Latin: cabylus — person
  • Marathi: कबाइल (kabāil) — person
  • Polish: Kabyl — person
  • Polish: Kabylka — person
  • Portuguese: kabyle — person
  • Sicilian: caviḍḍu — person
  • Sicilian: caviḍḍa — person
  • Swedish: kabyl — person