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Webster 1913 Edition


Kabyle

Ka-byle′

,
Noun.
[Ar.
qabīla
.]
(Ethnol.)
A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See
Berber
.

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Kabyle

Kabyle

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English

Noun

Kabyle (plural Kabyles)

  1. A member of a Berber ethnic group inhabiting Algeria and Tunisia, speaking the Kabyle language.

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Adjective

Kabyle (comparative more Kabyle, superlative most Kabyle)

  1. Pertaining to these people or their language.
    • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 24:
      Revisiting his native land that year, Albert Camus was horrified to find Kabyle children fighting with dogs for the contents of a rubbish bin.

Proper noun

Kabyle

  1. A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.

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French

Adjective

kabyle m, f (plural kabyles)

  1. Algerian Berber

Portuguese

Noun

kabyle m f (plural kabyles)

  1. Kabyle (member of a Berber ethnic group inhabiting Algeria and Tunisia)

Noun

kabyle m (uncountable)

  1. Kabyle (Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people)