sabon

See also: sabón and sabôn

Abinomn

Noun

sabon

1. pandanus

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈbon/, [saˈbon̪]

• (file)

• Hyphenation: sa‧bon

Noun

sabón (Basahan spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. soap

Derived terms

• magsabon
• sabonon

 

See also

• bareta

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bon
• IPA^(key): /saˈbon/, [s̪ʌˈbon̪]

Noun

sabon

1. a soap
2. a detergent

Verb

sabon

1. to wash with or apply soap or detergent

Derived terms

• sinabonan

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Noun

sabon

1. soap

Ilocano

Etymology

From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Noun

sabón

1. soap

Maranao

Etymology

Akin to Maguindanao sabun.

Noun

sabon

1. soap

Derived terms

• panabon
• panabona'

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan sabon, from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sabon m (plural sabons)

1. soap

Derived terms

• sabonada
• sabonar
• sabonariá
• sabonatge
• saboneta
• sabonièr
• sabonós

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Early Modern Spanish jabón.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bon
• IPA^(key): /saˈbon/, [saˈbʊn]

Noun

sabón

1. soap

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon.

Noun

sabón

1. soap

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare singkamas, sugal, sugarol, saro, and tasa).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bon
• IPA^(key): /saˈbon/, [sɐˈbon]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sabón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (chemistry) soap
2. (by extension) detergent
3. washing with soap
4. (figurative) severe rebuke (against someone)

   Synonyms: mura, pagmura

5. (obsolete) coconut oil soap [16th–17th c.]

Derived terms

• hinahabol na ng sabon
• isabon
• magsabon
• masabon
• pagsasabon
• sabong panlaba
• sabunan
• sabunin
• tagapagsabon
• tagasabon

 

Related terms

• habonera
• habonero
• habonete

 

See also

• gugo
• siyampu

 

Further reading

• “sabon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 373: “Iabon) Sabon (pc) C. dela tierra haçeſe con açeyte de cocos”

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Early Modern Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, singular accusative of Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Noun

sabón

1. soap