English · Word Candidate

Arab

/ˈæɹəb/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: Arabs

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Liên quan đến người Arab và quốc gia của họ

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Adjective

Examples

The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, emp

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A member of the Semitic ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

thành viên của nhóm dân tộc Semit bản địa ở Bán đảo Ả Rập

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Noun

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A person from the Middle East and North Africa, whose mother tongue is Arabic.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

người từ Trung Đông và Bắc Phi, nói tiếng Ả Rập作为 tiếng mẹ đẻ

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Noun

Examples

This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “Arab” mean?

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

Is “Arab” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.