cabide

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain origin. Possible origins include: (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Latin capitulum; Arabic مَقْبِض (maqbiḍ, “handle”), with the ma- being confused with the Portuguese feminine indefinite article uma; Arabic قَابِض (qābiḍ, “tongs, clamp”); cavidado, past participle of cavidar (“to protect”), with the suggestion that coat hangers were used to protect clothes from dust. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -id͡ʒi, (Portugal) -idɨ Hyphenation: ca‧bi‧de === Noun === cabide m (plural cabides) coat hanger (device, in the shape of shoulders, used to hang up coats, shirts, etc.) Synonym: cruzeta (northern Portugal) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “cabide”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cabide”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cabide”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “cabide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026