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escabeche

Syllables: es·ca·becheUK/ˌɛs.kəˈbɛtʃ.ɪ/US/ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/

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

Noun

escabeche (countable and uncountable, plural escabeches)

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

escabeche meaning in Tagalog and Arabic

escabeche in Tagalog

a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
lampahan, eskabetse

escabeche in Arabic

a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold
سِكْبَاج أَنْدَلُسِيّ sikbāj ʔandalusiyy

Forms of escabeche

pluralescabeches

Origin of escabeche

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.

Questions about escabeche

What does escabeche mean?
Escabeche means a dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.
What is escabeche in Tagalog?
Escabeche in Tagalog is lampahan, eskabetse. See Escabeche meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is escabeche?
Escabeche is a noun.
How do you pronounce escabeche?
Escabeche is pronounced /ˌɛs.kəˈbɛtʃ.ɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of escabeche?
The plural of escabeche is escabeches.

Words near escabeche in the dictionary

  1. ESBs
  2. ESC
  3. Esc key
  4. Esc keys
  5. esca
  6. escabeche
  7. escabeches
  8. escadrille
  9. escadrilles
  10. escae
  11. Escaich

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