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rebeck

/ˈɹibek/REE-bek
/ˈɹibɛk/REE-bek

Meaninga stringed instrument

Common meaning: an old bowed fiddle

Journey through time

  1. Persianrubabsource
  2. Italianribeccasource
  3. Old Frenchrebecsource
  4. Englishrebeck‘an old bowed fiddle’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Persian rubab ‘a stringed instrument’.

Roots

  • rubab Persian “a stringed instrument”

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