sparerib

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌspɛəˈɹɪb/
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• General-American: /ˌspɛɚˈɹɪb/
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• rhymes with -ɪb
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Probably borrowed from Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spare-ribs”), from ribbe (“rib”) + sper (“spear; spit”), from Old Saxon ribbi + sper, from Proto-Germanic *ribją + *speru. The word was transposed, with the first element becoming confused with English spare due to folk-etymology. Compare also English ribspare (rare, modern uses dialectal).

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ребърца (rebǎrca) — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Finnish: luullinen kylkipala — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Finnish: luullinen kylki — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Finnish: kylki luulla — cut of meat including the rib bones
• French: travers de porc — cut of meat including the rib bones
• German: Schälrippchen — cut of meat including the rib bones
• German: Rippchen — cut of meat including the rib bones
• German: Leiterchen — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Ancient Greek: σχελίς (skhelís) — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Hungarian: oldalas — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Indonesian: baikut — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Japanese: スペアリブ — cut of meat including the rib bones
• Māori: rara kikoiti — cut of meat including the rib bones