sabir

See also: Sabir

English

Etymology

From Sabir.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /sɑˈbiɹ/, /sɑˈbiə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /səˈbɪə/

Noun

sabir (plural sabirs)

  1. a lingua franca
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
      My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.biʁ/

Noun

sabir m (plural sabirs)

  1. lingua franca, sabir
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