Arabic

B1 Topic:Communication

US /ˈærəbɪk/ UK /ˈærəbɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #6607

Meanings

1

noun
a Semitic language spoken across North Africa and the Middle East and used as the liturgical language of Islam

She studied Arabic before beginning fieldwork in Jordan.
2

adj
of, in, or relating to the Arabic language, its script, or Arabic-speaking peoples and cultures

The archive contains Arabic manuscripts from the medieval period.
3

adj
designating the decimal digits 0 through 9 or the numeral system that uses them

Write the date in Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a semitic language spoken... Arabic language

2 adj · of, in, or relating to the... Arabic-language

3 adj · designating the decimal... Hindu-Arabic

Word family

Derived forms Arabic-speakingArabizeArabization

Related forms ArabArabianSemiticHindu-Arabic numerals

Etymology

From Latin Arabicus and Greek Arabikos, 'Arabian,' based on the ancient ethnonym for the Arabs. English uses Arabic chiefly for the language and script; Arabic numerals reached medieval Europe through Arabic mathematical scholarship, although the digits originated in India.

Topics

Communication

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# Arabic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈærəbɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈærəbɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 6607

## Meanings
1. a Semitic language spoken across North Africa and the Middle East and used as the liturgical language of Islam
2. of, in, or relating to the Arabic language, its script, or Arabic-speaking peoples and cultures
3. designating the decimal digits 0 through 9 or the numeral system that uses them

## Examples
- She studied Arabic before beginning fieldwork in Jordan.
- The archive contains Arabic manuscripts from the medieval period.
- Write the date in Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals.

## Synonyms
- Arabic language

## Derived Forms
- Arabic-speaking
- Arabize
- Arabization

## Related Forms
- Arab
- Arabian
- Semitic
- Hindu-Arabic numerals

## Etymology
From Latin Arabicus and Greek Arabikos, 'Arabian,' based on the ancient ethnonym for the Arabs. English uses Arabic chiefly for the language and script; Arabic numerals reached medieval Europe through Arabic mathematical scholarship, although the digits originated in India.

## Topics
- Communication

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