gabinete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabinet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.biˈne.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.biˈne.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.biˈne.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.biˈne.tɨ/ [ɡɐ.βiˈne.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: ga‧bi‧ne‧te

Noun

gabinete m (plural gabinetes)

1. cabinet (storage closet)
2. (politics) cabinet (group of ministers)
3. office (room used for non-manual work)

   Synonym: escritório

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gabinet, diminutive of cabane, from Occitan cabana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabiˈnete/ [ɡa.β̞iˈne.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ga‧bi‧ne‧te

Noun

gabinete m (plural gabinetes)

1. cabinet (all senses)

Derived terms

• correo de gabinete
• cuestión de gabinete
• gabinete de crisis

 

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gabinete, from Old French gabinet. Doublet of kabinet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabiˈnete/, [ɡɐ.bɪˈnɛ.tɛ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧bi‧ne‧te

Noun

gabinete (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜒᜈᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (politics) cabinet

Further reading

• “gabinete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018