tourbe

See also: tourbé

French

Etymology

From Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Frankish *turba, from Proto-Germanic *turbaz (“turf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós (“tuft, lawn”). Cognate with Old High German zurba (“turf”), English turf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʁb/
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Noun

tourbe f (plural tourbes)

peat (soil)

Derived terms

tourbeux

Further reading

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

Anagrams

bouter, broute, brouté

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