arbust

English

Etymology

Likely borrowed from French arbuste.

Noun

arbust (plural arbusts)

1. (not attested in dictionaries) a bush, shrub
   • 1910, Archives of Ophthalmology‎, volume 39:

     One afternoon, she was in her garden cutting with a knife the sprouts of a shrub taller than a man; this arbust is known by the name of bellflower.

   • 2014, Laure Ducos, Importance of the traditional land-use and land-tenure systems of Waraka‎:

     that may also contain, timber, arbusts and other plants.

Related terms

• arbustive

Anagrams

• Straub, Traubs, aburst, sarbut

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arbustum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈbust]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈbust]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

arbust m (plural arbusts or arbustos)

1. bush, shrub

Related terms

• arbustiu

Further reading

• “arbust”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin arbustum through French arbuste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈbust]

Noun

arbust m (plural arbuști)

1. bush

   Synonym: copăcel

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arbust	arbustul		arbuști	arbuștii
genitive-dative	arbust	arbustului		arbuști	arbuștilor
vocative	arbustule			arbuștilor

See also

• tufă