/aˈdɔbe/, [aˈð̞ɔ.β̞ɪ]
OriginAttested since the 15th century. Probably from Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic Egyptian (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).
- masculineadobe (brick)
“pareçeu y presente Gonçalvo Fiel, moordomo da dita villa, e presentou ao dito juis, alcaldes, jurado e procuradores, a Gonçalvo de Carcaçia preso dos pees con huus adobes e hũa cadea grosa de ferro fe”
- masculineclod, divot, clump of earth
- first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctivefirst/third-person singular present subjunctive
- form-of, imperative, singular, third-personthird-person singular imperative
Formsadobes(plural)