tabe

See also: tabè

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tābes (“melting, putrefaction”), derived from Proto-Italic *tāfē-, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂bʰeh₁- (“to be melting”), derived from the root *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈta.be/
  • Stress: tàbe
  • Hyphenation: ta‧be

Noun

tabe f (plural tabi)

  1. (literary):
    1. pus
    2. emaciation
    3. (figuratively) degradation, corruption
  2. (medicine) tabes

References
  • tabe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

tābe

  1. ablative singular of tābes

Volapük

Noun

tabe

  1. dative singular of tab
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