Adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Arab Countries or cultural behaviour (Plural: Arabs, see also Arab as an adjective.) Pronunciation SAMPA: /'/ IPA: /'/ Translations Arabic: عربي,(`arabiyyun) Dutch: Arabisch, Arabische Esperanto: araba Finnish: arabialainen French: arabe German: arabisch Hebrew: ערבי ('aravi) m, ערביה (A'rvia) f, ערבים (Aravim/Arvim) m pl, ערביות (Arviot) f pl Ido: arab m, araba f Interlingua: arabe, arabic Italian: arabo Portuguese: árabe Spanish: árabe Swedish: arabisk Noun A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa. (ISO abbreviations: ar, ara The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others. The culture of the Arab peoples. Translations Arabic: العربية (al-`arabiyyah) Dutch: Arabisch n (1) Finnish: arabia (1,2) French: arabe (1,2) German: arabisch (1,2) Hebrew: ערבית ('aravit) Ido: arab (1,2) Indonesian: bahasa arab (1), huruf arab (2) Interlingua: arabe (1,2) Italian: arabo (1,2) Japanese: アラビア語 (arabia-go) (1), アラビア文字 (arabia-moji) (2) Portuguese: árabe (1,2) Spanish: árabe (1,2) Swedish: arabiska (1,2) Turkish: arap External links Arabic - English Dictionary: from Webster's Rosetta Edition.