rabeca

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === rebeca === Etymology === From Old French rebec, from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb). Doublet of arrabil and arrabel. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛkɐ Hyphenation: ra‧be‧ca === Noun === rabeca f (plural rabecas) (music) fiddle (simple, traditional violin) (music, historical) rebec (an early pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed instrument) Charles Murray, Música: descubra as conexões através de perguntas e respostas, Callis Editora, page 17: 2010, Umberto Eco, Idade Média Bárbaros, cristãos e muçulmanos, Publicações Dom Quixote, page 846: ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “rabeca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “rabeca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026