Rebec Definition

rēbek
noun
A three-stringed, pear-shaped musical instrument played with a bow: a precursor of the violin, used during the Middle Ages.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rebec

Noun

Singular:
rebec
Plural:
rebecs

Origin of Rebec

  • French from Old French alteration (influenced by bec beak, from its shape) of rebebe from Old Provençal rebeb from Arabic rabāb from rabba to be master, control rbb in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

RREREB

Words Ending With

CECBEC

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Words Starting With R and Ending With C

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