gleba

Etymology

Latin gleba (“lump, mass”).

Noun

gleba (plural glebae)

1. (mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.

Anagrams

• Gable, bagel, gabel, gable, galbe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glēba.

Noun

gleba f (plural glebe)

1. a clod of earth

Anagrams

• belga

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡleː.ba/, [ˈɡɫeː.ba]

Noun

glēba f (genitive glēbae); first declension

1. Alternative form of glaeba

References

• gleba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gleba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gleba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gleba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛ.ba/

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Noun

gleba f

1. soil
2. (colloquial) bail, wipeout; a fall, especially during a sports activity

Etymology

From Latin glēba, probably borrowed.

Noun

gleba f (plural glebas)

1. clod (lump of earth)
2. land, soil