English Explanatory Dictionary

Arab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
noun
  1. A person of a Semitic ethnic group indigenous to the Arabian Peninsula.
  2. An Arabian horse.
  3. A street Arab.
name
  1. A city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.
  2. The Arabic language.
noun
  1. billion (sense 1); 1,000,000,000; or with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,00,000.

Pronunciation

ârʹəb /ˈæɹ.əb/ /ˈɛɹ.əb/ āʹrăb /ˈeɪ.ɹæb/ En-us-Arab.ogg

Word forms

Arab Arabs

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from Arabic.

Synonyms

Arabic Ayrab woolly-head sand nigger

Derived words

48 Arab arabesque Arab fever Arabia Arabian Arabic Arabist Arabize non-Arab street Arab
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