abele
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- arbeal (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle Dutch abeel, from Old French.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbiːl/, /ə.ˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (CA) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈbil/, /ə.ˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːl, -eɪl
Noun[edit]
abele (plural abeles)
- The white poplar (Populus alba). [from 13th c.]
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 114:
- But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal […] .
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browing, The Rhyme of the Duchess May, line 5:
- Six abeles i' the churchyard grow
Translations[edit]
Populus alba — see white poplar
Further reading[edit]
- Populus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Populus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Populus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams[edit]
Ayu[edit]
Noun[edit]
abele
References[edit]
- Blench, Roger, The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2011), page 6
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