How to Say "Tube" in Arabic - How To Say Guide

مَاسُورَة

māsūrafeminine

The English phrase "tube" can be translated into Arabic as مَاسُورَة (māsūra) or أُنْبُوب.

Meaning: a pipe (noun)

Ways to say it

“tube” in Arabic
Arabic	Romanization (Wiktionary)	Note
مَاسُورَة	māsūra	feminine
أُنْبُوب	ʔunbūb	masculine

The term أُنْبُوبَةٌ is used to refer to a tube or pipe, particularly within scientific or plumbing contexts.

The masculine form أُنْبُوب is more commonly used when referring to small, thin tubes such as medical tubes or test tubes.

The masculine form أُنْبُوب has the broken plural أَنَابِيب. The feminine form مَاسُورَة has the broken plural مَواسِير.

māsūra

In the context of toothpaste, Arabic speakers rarely use مَاسُورَة and instead use the word عَبْوَة, which refers more generally to a 'package' or 'container'.
Depending on the region, a plumber is not always called by a formal title but is often referred to as سَبَّاك, a word that relates to the casting of metal used to make مَواسِير.
The word أُنْبُوب can be used metaphorically in some Arabic literature to describe a 'conduit' for information or ideas, extending beyond its physical meaning of a tube.

نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَاسُورَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ لِلْمَطْبَخِ.
naḥtāju ilā māṣūratin jadīdatin lil-maṭbakh.
We need a new pipe for the kitchen.

A man and a woman are looking at a leaking pipe under the sink.

مريم Maryam

يَا عُمَر، هُنَاكَ مَاسُورَةٌ تَسْرَبُ المَاءَ.
yā 'umar, hunāka māṣūratun tasrubu al-mā'.
Omar, there is a pipe leaking water.
عمر Omar

أَيْنَ المَاسُورَةُ المَكْسُورَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ؟
ayna al-māṣūrat al-makṣūrat yā maryam?
Where is the broken pipe, Maryam?
مريم Maryam

هِيَ تَحْتَ المَجْلَى تَمَامًا.
hiya taḥta al-majla tamāman.
It is exactly under the sink.
عمر Omar

سَأُحْضِرُ مَاسُورَةً جَدِيدَةً الآنَ.
sa-uḥḍiru māṣūratan jadīdatan al-ān.
I will bring a new pipe now.

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