cabide

Meaning

coat hanger (device, in the shape of shoulders, used to hang up coats, shirts, etc.)

Concepts

hanger

clothes hanger

coat hanger

dress hanger

coat-hanger

coathanger

rack

Synonyms

cruzeta

Translations

cintre

percha

Kleiderbügel

gruccia

🩼

penja-robes

κρεμάστρα

stampella

🩼

portemanteau

perxa

askı

penjador

kledinghanger

elbise askısı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈbi.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:
* Latin capitulum;
* Arabic مَقْبِض (maqbiḍ, “handle”), with the ma- being confused with the Portuguese feminine indefinite article uma;
* Arabic قَابِض (qābiḍ, “tongs, clamp”);
* cavidado, past participle of cavidar (“to protect”), with the suggestion that coat hangers were used to protect clothes from dust.