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tabbouleh

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

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Pronunciation

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  • /təˈbuːli/
  • /təˈbuːleɪ/
  • rhymes with -uːli
  • rhymes with -uːleɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: T AH0 B UW1 L EY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: T AH0 B UW1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil, and lemon juice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tabooli

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salad

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَبُّولَة (tabbūla).

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَبُّولَة (tabbūla) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔布勒沙拉 (shālā) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Finnish: tabbouleh-salaatti — Middle Eastern salad
  • French: taboule — Middle Eastern salad
  • French: taboulé — Middle Eastern salad
  • German: Taboulé — Middle Eastern salad
  • Greek: ταμπουλέ (tampoulé) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Greek: ταμπούλι (tampoúli) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Hebrew: טאבולה (tabule) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Japanese: タッブーラ (tabbūra) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Persian: تبوله (tabule) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Russian: табу́ле (tabúle) — Middle Eastern salad
  • Spanish: tabule — Middle Eastern salad
  • Turkish: tabbule — Middle Eastern salad