Rebebe

Rebebe [Arab. *rabāb], med. Fr. rebec. The word is recorded from 1391 on. At the time it was an instr. to which one danced. Numerous vars. of the word occur, such as rebeibe, rebesbe, reberbe, rebarbe, rebelle. Cf. rubebe (61, 85). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Ducange, Charles. Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae latinitatis. 1733–36. Godefroy, Frédéric. Dictionnaire de I'ancienne langue française. 1880–1902.