arabica
See also: arábica
English
Etymology
See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹæbɪkə/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
arabica (usually uncountable, plural arabicas)
- A species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia.
- The bean of this plant.
- Coordinate term: robusta
- 2015 May 1, Sam Jones, “Coffee catastrophe beckons as climate change threatens arabica plant”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Arabica, which has long been prized for its delicate and aromatic flavour, accounts for 70% of the global coffee market share. But it is particularly sensitive to temperature increases, which reduce its growth, flowering and fruiting and make it more susceptible to coffee pests.
- Coffee made from these coffee beans.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Coffea arabica
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Further reading
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁa.bi.ka/
Audio: (file)
Noun
arabica m (plural arabicas)
- arabica (coffee)
Italian
Adjective
arabica f
Derived terms
- penisola arabica
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (arabica) (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈra.bɪ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈraː.bi.ka]
- (arabicā) (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈra.bɪ.kaː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈraː.bi.ka]
Adjective
arabica
- inflection of arabicus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
arabicā
- ablative feminine singular of arabicus
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arǎbit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: a‧ra‧bi‧ca
Noun
aràbica f (Cyrillic spelling ара̀бица)
- A form of the Perso-Arabic script once used to write Serbo-Croatian.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arabica | arabice |
| genitive | arabice | arabica |
| dative | arabici | arabicama |
| accusative | arabicu | arabice |
| vocative | arabice | arabice |
| locative | arabici | arabicama |
| instrumental | arabicom | arabicama |
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
arabica f
- Arebica, the form of the Perso-Arabic script once used to write Bosnian.
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arábica | |
| genitive | arábice | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
arábica | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
arábice | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
arábici | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
arábico | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
arábici | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
arábico | |