abele
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English
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]- arbeal (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English abelle, albell, aubel , 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/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
- (US ) IPA (key): /əˈbil/, /əˈbeɪl/, /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
- Category: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
Middle Low German
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]abele f
- The white poplar (Populus alba ).
Derived terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- August Lübben (1888) "abêle", in Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Norden und Leipzig, Diedr. Soltau's Verlag. Project Gutenberg.
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