sabon
Abinomn
Noun
sabon
- pandanus
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bon
- IPA(key): /saˈbon/
Noun
sabón
- soap
Derived terms
- magsabon
- sabonon
See also
- bareta
Cebuano
Etymology
From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bon
- IPA(key): /saˈbon/, [s̪ʌˈbun̪]
Noun
sabon
- a soap
- a detergent
Verb
sabon
- to wash with or apply soap or detergent
Derived terms
- sinabonan
Cuyunon
Etymology
From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Noun
sabon
- soap
Ilocano
Etymology
From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Noun
sabón
- soap
Maranao
Etymology
Akin to Maguindanao sabun.
Noun
sabon
- soap
Derived terms
- panabon
- panabona'
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan sabon, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Pronunciation
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Noun
sabon m (plural sabons)
- soap
Derived terms
- sabonada
- sabonar
- sabonariá
- sabonatge
- saboneta
- sabonièr
- sabonós
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Early Modern Spanish jabón.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bon
- IPA(key): /saˈbon/, [saˈbʊn]
Noun
sabón
- soap
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon.
Noun
sabón
- soap
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare singkamas, sugal, sugarol, saro, and tasa).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧bon
- IPA(key): /saˈbon/, [sɐˈbon]
Audio (file)
Noun
sabón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜈ᜔)
- (chemistry) soap
- (by extension) detergent
- washing with soap
- (figurative) severe rebuke (against someone)
- Synonyms: mura, pagmura
- (obsolete) coconut oil soap [16th–17th c.]
Derived terms
- hinahabol na ng sabon
- isabon
- magsabon
- masabon
- pagsasabon
- sabong panlaba
- sabunan
- sabunin
- tagapagsabon
- tagasabon
Related terms
- habonera
- habonero
- habonete
See also
- gugo
- siyampu
Further reading
- “sabon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 373: “Iabon) Sabon (pc) C. dela tierra haçeſe con açeyte de cocos”
Waray-Waray
Etymology
From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Noun
sabón
- soap