jabón

See also: jabon and jabōn

Spanish

Alternative forms

xabon (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpōnem, sāpō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaˈbon/ [xaˈβ̞õn]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: ja‧bón

Noun

jabón m (plural jabones)

soap; a bar of soap

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Aymara: jawuna
→ Basque: xaboi
→ Bikol Central: sabon
→ Binukid: sabun
→ Cebuano: sabon
→ Chamicuro: shawona
→ Southern Ohlone: hawun
→ Cuyunon: sabon
→ Guaraní: havõ
→ Hiligaynon: habon
→ Ilocano: sabon
→ Isthmus Zapotec: xabú
→ Malay: sabun (see there for further descendants)
→ Mayo: saábom
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: xapo̱n
→ Mezquital Otomi: xabo
→ O'odham: ṣawoñ
→ Papiamentu: habon
→ Tagalog: sabon
→ Waray-Waray: sabon
→ Japanese: シャボン (shabon)
→ Okinawan: サフン (safun)
→? Min Nan: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
- → Amis: safon
- → Kavalan: sabun
- → Puyuma: sabun
- → Tsou: savungu

Further reading

“jabón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

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