tabique

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈbike/ [t̪aˈβ̞i.ke]
  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Syllabification: ta‧bi‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تَشْبِيك (tašbík), from Arabic تَشْبِيك (tašbīk).

Noun

tabique m (plural tabiques)

  1. thin wall, or partition
  2. (Mexico) brick
    Synonym: ladrillo
  3. (anatomy) septum
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tabique

  1. inflection of tabicar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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