ribete

Borrowed from French rivet. Compare English rivet.

• IPA^(key): /riˈbete/ [riˈβ̞e.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ri‧be‧te

ribete m (plural ribetes)

1. edging, rim, trim
2. border, edge
3. piping (to edge hems)

• “ribete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish ribete, from French rivet, ultimately from Latin rīpa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾiˈbete/ [ɾɪˈbɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ri‧be‧te

ribete (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜆᜒ)

1. ornamental edge; trimming

• “ribete”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ribete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 511