álabe

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps Latin ālipēs (“winged”) or alapa (“blow, smack”). Compare Romanian aripă (“vane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalabe/ [ˈa.la.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -alabe
• Syllabification: á‧la‧be

Noun

álabe m (plural álabes)

1. olive branch bent down and reaching the ground
2. any of the force-transmitting elements of a propelling wheel in a water-mill, flier, vane

   Holonyms: rodete, rodezno

3. turbine blade
4. tappet on a fulling wheel
5. a barrier such as a mat on the side of a carriage so he who drives it does not fall out
6. sides of a target or shield

   Synonym: alabez

Related terms

• alabear (“to bend to make crooked”)
• alabeo (“bent of a piece of wood”)

 

Descendants

• → Basque: alabezki

Further reading

• “álabe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014