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adobe

Pronunciation: /aˈdɔbe/

“adobe” is a Galician word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. adobe (brick)
  2. clod, divot, clump of earth

In Galician

  1. Masa en forma de ladrillo de barro sen cocción, ás veces mesturada con palla ou algún outro aditivo, secada ao sol e ao aire, empregado como material de construción.

Etymology

Attested 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”).

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