sarbacane
English
Alternative forms
- sarbacand
Etymology
French sarbacane
Noun
sarbacane (plural sarbacanes)
- (archaic) A blowgun.
French
Etymology
From earlier sarbatane, sarbatanne by connection with canne (“stick”), from Arabic سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saʁ.ba.kan/
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Noun
sarbacane f (plural sarbacanes)
- blowgun, blowpipe
Further reading
- “sarbacane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.