English

Alternative forms

• caba

Noun

cabas

1. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
2. A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
   • Charlotte Brontë, The Professor

     I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas […]

French

Etymology

From Old Provençal cabas, a word of Iberian origin (compare Catalan cabàs, Old Portuguese cabaz, Spanish copazo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabɑ/, /kaba/

Noun

cabas m ‎(plural cabas)

1. shopping basket