zèb

See also: zeb and Zeb

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French herbes (“grasses”). In French, the plural form herbes is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, herbes was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛb/

Noun

zèb

1. grass

Derived terms

• move zèb (“weed”)
• zèb chèch (“hay”)