cabide

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:

• Latin capitulum;
• Arabic مَقْبِض (maqbiḍ, “handle”), with the ma- being confused with the Portuguese feminine indefinite article uma;
• Arabic قَابِض (qābiḍ, “tongs, clamp”);
• cavidado, past participle of cavidar (“to protect”), with the suggestion that coat hangers were used to protect clothes from dust.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -id͡ʒi, (Portugal) -idɨ
• Hyphenation: ca‧bi‧de

cabide m (plural cabides)

1. coat hanger (device, in the shape of shoulders, used to hang up coats, shirts, etc.)

   Synonym: cruzeta (northern Portugal)

• “cabide”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cabide”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025