cabide
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:
- 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
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- Hyphenation: ca‧bi‧de
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- cabidinho (diminutive), cabidezinho (diminutive)
- cabidão (augmentative)
- cabide de empregos
- cabideiro