calebasse
French
Alternative forms
- calabasse (archaic)
Etymology
From Spanish calabaza (“pumpkin, gourd”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.bas/
Audio (file)
Noun
calebasse f (plural calebasses)
- calabash
- (Louisiana) gourd
- (Louisiana) pumpkin
Descendants
- → Dutch: kalebas
- → English: calabash
- → Finnish: kalebassi
- → German: Kalebasse, Kalabasse
- → Italian: calabassa, calebassa
- → Occitan: calabassa
- → Russian: калеба́с (kalebás), калаба́с (kalabás), калеба́са (kalebása), калаба́са (kalabása), калаба́ш (kalabáš)
- → Swedish: kalebass
Further reading
- “calebasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
calebasse f
- plural of calebassa