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Definition: Jabot |
JabotNoun1. A ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jabot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1905. (references) |
Etymology: Jabot \Jab"ot\, noun. [French expression]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Jabot |
| Non-English Usage: "Jabot" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (craw, crop, maw). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mother of William Henry Jackson in lace jabot, seated. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Jabot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Jabot" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jabot | 25 |
jabot curtain | 11 |
chemise jabot | 5 |
jabot window treatment | 2 |
by glow jabot | 2 |
swag and jabot | 2 |
jabot pattern swag | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "jabot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нагръдник (bib, dicky, front, pectoral, plastron), жабо (dicky, frill, gorget, ruffle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | jabot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jabot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دستمال سینه چین دارمردان قرن هجدهم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jabot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Jabot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κροσσόσ (frill, fringe), επιστήθιος φιόγκος, δαντελλένιοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gala (bow, festivity, frill, gala, luxury, pomp, ribbon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abotjay peitilho com folhos. (various references) jabou (Dickey, frill), garniturã (assortment, complement, decorations, garnish, garniture, gasket, packing, set, side dish, suite, trimming, trimmings). (various references) гофрированная/кружевная отделка на лифе, жабо. (various references) žabo. (various references) chorrera (chute, gully, gutter, ruffle). (various references) jabo, fırfırlı göğüs danteli. (various references) ren (tatting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jabot": jaboticaba, jaboticabas, jabots. (additional references) | |
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"Jabot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gabakt, gabot, jaba, Jabach, Jabar, jabat, jabbor, jabi, jabo, jaboe, jabol, jabon, jabor, jabos, jaboto, jaboy, jabt, jabu, Jacot, jagot, Jajo, Jalbut, jaot, jarbot, Jarbou, jarot, javot, jawbox, jazo, Jebbit, Jebco, Jeboda, jebot, jeho, jeot, jibet, jobete, jobo, Junot, Ljubov, mabbot, Mabote, tabot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "jabot" (pronounced 'Jab"ot'): Gavot, Magot, Piot, Pyot, Ryot, Sciot, Snacot, spigot, Zealot. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-j-o-t" | |
-1 letter: boat, bota, jato, jota. | |
-2 letters: abo, bat, boa, bot, jab, job, jot, oat, tab, taj, tao. | |
-3 letters: ab, at, ba, bo, jo, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-j-o-t" | |
+1 letter: jabots. | |
+3 letters: banjoist, bootjack, jackboot, johnboat. | |
+4 letters: abjection, banjoists, bootjacks, jackboots, johnboats, objurgate. | |
+5 letters: abjections, abjuration, jaboticaba, jackbooted, jubilation, objurgated, objurgates, subjugator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 62 6F 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a b o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 0062 006F 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4467688186 |
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