cebiche

== English == === Noun === cebiche (countable and uncountable, plural cebiches) Alternative spelling of ceviche. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === ceviche, sebiche, seviche === Etymology === Uncertain. Theories include: from cebo +‎ -iche from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic سِكْبَاج m (sikbāj), سِكْبَاجَة f (sikbāja, “the dish sikbaj, meat cooked in vinegar”), from Middle Persian *sḵbʾk' (*sikbāg) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)), in which case cebiche is cognate to Portuguese escabeche and a doublet of escabeche; possibly through earlier *cibeche which underwent metathesis under the influence of cebo from Quechua siwichi (“undercooked; ceviche”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeˈbit͡ʃe/ [θeˈβ̞i.t͡ʃe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /seˈbit͡ʃe/ [seˈβ̞i.t͡ʃe] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -itʃe Syllabification: ce‧bi‧che === Noun === cebiche m (countable and uncountable, plural cebiches) (Latin America, cooking) ceviche (raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America) Synonym: crudo m ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Belizean Creole: seveecheh → English: ceviche, cebiche, seviche → French: ceviche → Italian: ceviche ==== See also ==== platacho === References === Gran Cocina Latina (2012) by Maricel Presilla, p. 479. →ISBN. === Further reading === “cebiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025