escabeche

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /⁠*sikbāg⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of caveach and sikbaj. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɛs.kəˈbɛtʃ.ɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪ.tʃeɪ/, /ˌɛs.kəˈbeɪʃ/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /ʔɛs.kɐˈbɛ.tʃɛ/ Rhymes: (UK) -ɛtʃi, (US) -eɪʃ Hyphenation: es‧ca‧beche === Noun === escabeche (countable and uncountable, plural escabeches) A dish of fish (or sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold. ==== Descendants ==== Caribbean English: escoveitch, escovitch ==== Translations ==== == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈbɛt͡ʃe/ [es̺.kɑˈβ̞ɛ.t͡ʃɪ] Rhymes: -ɛtʃe Hyphenation: es‧ca‧be‧che === Verb === escabeche inflection of escabechar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈbet͡ʃe/ [es.kaˈβ̞e.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -etʃe Syllabification: es‧ca‧be‧che === Etymology 1 === From Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (as-sukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /⁠*sikbāg⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Cf. cebiche. ==== Noun ==== escabeche m (countable and uncountable, plural escabeches) escabeche (a dish of fried fish, or other food, marinated in vinegar) pickle (food preserved by pickling in vinegar) Synonyms: encurtido m, (Philippines) achara f ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cebuano: eskabetse → English: caveach, escabeche, (Caribbean) escoveitch, escovitch → French: escabèche→ Japanese: エスカベーシュ (esukabēshu)→ Occitan: escabècha → Italian: scabeccio → Japanese: エスカベーチェ (esukabēche) → Neapolitan: scapece → Italian: scapece → Old Galician-Portuguese: escabeche Galician: escabeche Portuguese: escabeche → Tagalog: eskabetse, escabeche, iskabetse === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== escabeche inflection of escabechar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “escabeche”, 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