quibe
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic كِبَّة (kibba, “ball”) and كُبَّة (kubba, “ball”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈki.bi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈki.be/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈki.bɨ/ [ˈki.βɨ]
- Hyphenation: qui‧be
Noun
quibe m (plural quibes)
- kibbeh (a type of dumpling)
Derived terms
- dar ré no quibe
- quibar
Further reading
- “quibe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025