galbe

See also: galbé

English

Etymology

From French galbe. Doublet of garb.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɡalb/

Noun

galbe (plural galbes)

The contour or outline of something.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1123:
  Her teeth sank into his lips, he felt the sweet galbe of her flanks and arching back.

Anagrams

Gable, bagel, gabel, gable, gleba

French

Etymology

From earlier galbe, garbe, borrowed from Italian garbo. Alternatively from Middle High German walbe (“slope”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡalb/

Noun

galbe m (plural galbes)

curve; silhouette

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

galbe

vocative masculine singular of galbus

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