gabinete
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabinet.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡa.biˈne.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡa.biˈne.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.biˈne.tɨ/ [ɡɐ.βiˈne.tɨ]
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
- Hyphenation: ga‧bi‧ne‧te
Noun
gabinete m (plural gabinetes)
- cabinet (storage closet)
- (politics) cabinet (group of ministers)
- office (room used for non-manual work)
- Synonym: escritório
References
- ^ “gabinete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gabinet, diminutive of cabane, from Occitan cabana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡabiˈnete/ [ɡa.β̞iˈne.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ga‧bi‧ne‧te
Noun
gabinete m (plural gabinetes)
- cabinet (all senses)
Derived terms
- correo de gabinete
- cuestión de gabinete
- gabinete de crisis
Further reading
- “gabinete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gabinete, from Old French gabinet. Doublet of kabinet.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡabiˈnete/ [ɡɐ.bɪˈn̪ɛː.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ga‧bi‧ne‧te
Noun
gabinete (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒᜈᜒᜆᜒ)
Further reading
- “gabinete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018