berbere

See also: berbère and Berbère

English

A small pile of berbere spice mixture.

Etymology

From Amharic በርበሬ (bärbäre) and/or Tigrinya በርበረ (bärbärä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛɚˈbɛɚ.ɹeɪ/, /bɛɚ.bɛɚ.ɹi/ or IPA^(key): /bɝˈbɝ.ɹeɪ/, /bɝˈbɝ.ɹi/, /bɝˈbɝ.ɹə/

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Noun

berbere (uncountable)

1. A spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, and other spices, which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
   • 1939, Ferdinando Quaranta di San Severino, Ethiopia, an empire in the making, page 16:

     Food in Ethiopia is always seasoned with berberè, a kind of pimiento.

   • 1958, The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and African Child Health:

     Wat is a sauce composed of legumes, including horsebeans, chickpeas, kidneybeans, and lentils pounded to a flour, and mixed with spices. First berbere (red pepper) is dried and ground, then mixed with onions and butter, thus forming a thick cream.

   • 1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.

Further reading

• berbere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

berbere

1. feminine plural of berbero

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

berbere m

1. indefinite plural of berber

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), probably from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros, “foreign”). Doublet of bárbaro and brabo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beʁˈbɛ.ɾi/ [beɦˈbɛ.ɾi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beʁˈbɛ.ɾi/ [beɦˈbɛ.ɾi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /beɾˈbɛ.ɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /beʁˈbɛ.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beɻˈbɛ.ɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈbɛ.ɾɨ/ [bɨɾˈβɛ.ɾɨ]

Noun

berbere m or f by sense (plural berberes)

1. Berber (member of northwest African ethnic group)

Noun

berbere m (uncountable)

1. Berber (a group of closely related languages)