rebec
English
Etymology
From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe (see English ribibe), from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːbɛk/, /ˈɹɛbɛk/
- Rhymes: -iːbɛk
Noun
rebec (plural rebecs)
- (music) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
- The villages also must have their visitors to enquire what lectures the bagpipe and the rebbeck reads ev'n to the ballatry, and the gammuth of every municipal fidler, for these are the Countrymans Arcadia's and his Monte Mayors.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
Derived terms
- rebecist
Related terms
- rebab
- ribibe
- ribible
Translations
stringed instrument
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See also
- Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
Anagrams
- BEREC
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rəˈbɛk/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /reˈbɛk/
Adjective
rebec (feminine rebeca, masculine plural rebecs, feminine plural rebeques)
- rebellious, unruly, disobedient
Derived terms
- rebequeria
Further reading
- “rebec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rebec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “rebec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rebec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Etymology
From French rebec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrebek/, [ˈre̞be̞k]
Noun
rebec
- (music) rebec
Declension
| Inflection of rebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rebec | rebecit | |
| genitive | rebecin | rebecien | |
| partitive | rebeciä | rebecejä | |
| illative | rebeciin | rebeceihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rebec | rebecit | |
| accusative | nom. | rebec | rebecit |
| gen. | rebecin | ||
| genitive | rebecin | rebecien | |
| partitive | rebeciä | rebecejä | |
| inessive | rebecissä | rebeceissä | |
| elative | rebecistä | rebeceistä | |
| illative | rebeciin | rebeceihin | |
| adessive | rebecillä | rebeceillä | |
| ablative | rebeciltä | rebeceiltä | |
| allative | rebecille | rebeceille | |
| essive | rebecinä | rebeceinä | |
| translative | rebeciksi | rebeceiksi | |
| instructive | — | rebecein | |
| abessive | rebecittä | rebeceittä | |
| comitative | — | rebeceineen | |
| Possessive forms of rebec (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rebecini | rebecimme |
| 2nd person | rebecisi | rebecinne |
| 3rd person | rebecinsä | |
French
Etymology
From Middle French rebec, ultimately from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb). Compare Italian ribeca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.bɛk/
Audio (file)
Noun
rebec m (plural rebecs)
- rebec
Further reading
- “rebec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French rubebe, ultimately from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
Noun
rebec m (plural rebecs)
- rebec
Romanian
Etymology
From French rebec.
Noun
rebec n (plural rebecuri)
- rebec
Declension
Declension of rebec
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) rebec | rebecul | (niște) rebecuri | rebecurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) rebec | rebecului | (unor) rebecuri | rebecurilor |
| vocative | rebecule | rebecurilor | ||