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arbre

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Catalan

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin arborem f.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    arbre m (plural arbres)

    1. tree

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    French

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old French arbre, from Latin arbor. See also Catalan arbre, Italian albero, Occitan arbre, Portuguese árvore, Romanian arbore.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      arbre m (plural arbres)

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

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      Norman

      Etymology

      From Old French arbre.

      Noun

      arbre m (plural arbres)

      1. (Jersey, Guernsey) tree
        • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 536:
          De la Toussaint à Noué un arbre ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.
          From All Saints' Day to Christmas a tree does not know what you do to it.

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      Occitan

      Alternative forms

      Alternative forms

      From Old Occitan arbre, from Latin arborem f. Compare Gascon arbe.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      arbre m (plural arbres) (Languedoc)

      1. tree

      Old French

      Etymology

        From Latin arborem f.

        Noun

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

        1. tree

        Descendants

        • Bourguignon: âbre
        • Champenois: âbre
        • Franc-Comtois: aîbre
        • French: arbre
        • Lorrain: âbre
        • Norman: arbre
        • Picard: abe
        • Walloon: åbe

        Old Occitan

        Etymology

        From Latin arborem f.

        Noun

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

        1. tree

        Descendants

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