abu-markub
French, noun/a.bu.maʁ.kub/
abu-markub is a French masculine noun meaning “shoebill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom d'origine arabe donné au bec-en-sabot du Nil par certaines populations d'Afrique, notamment au Soudan”.
What does abu-markub mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshoebill
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom d'origine arabe donné au bec-en-sabot du Nil par certaines populations d'Afrique, notamment au Soudan. 2. Synonyme de néophiloptère, un genre de mallophages aviaires de la famille des Philopteridae et de distribution cosmopolite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abu-markub
- abu-markubs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abu-markub?
- /a.bu.maʁ.kub/
- \a.bu.maʁ.kub\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abu-markub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.