arbre

Etymology

From Old Occitan arbre, from Latin arbor, arborem, from Old Latin arbōs, arbōsis, from ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high, to grow”). Compare French arbre, Italian albero, Occitan arbre, Portuguese árvore, Romanian arbore, Spanish árbol.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.bɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈar.bɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.bɾe/

Noun

arbre m (plural arbres)

1. tree

Further reading

• “arbre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Old French arbre, from Latin arbor, arborem, from Old Latin arbōs, arbōsis, from ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high, to grow”). Catalan arbre, Italian albero, Occitan arbre, Portuguese árvore, Romanian arbore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁbʁ/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [zab]
• Rhymes: -aʁbʁ

Noun

arbre m (plural arbres)

1. tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
2. axle
3. (mechanics) drive shaft

Further reading

• “arbre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• barre, barré

Etymology

From Old French arbre, from Latin arbor, arborem.

Noun

arbre m (plural arbres)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) tree

Noun

arbre c (plural arbres)

1. tree

Etymology

From Latin arbor, arborem.

Noun

arbre m (oblique plural arbres, nominative singular arbres, nominative plural arbre)

1. tree

Etymology

From Latin arbor, arborem.

Noun

arbre m (oblique plural arbres, nominative singular arbres, nominative plural arbre)

1. tree
   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Lancan vei per mei la landa:

     dels arbres chazer la folha

     from the trees, the leaves were falling