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gerbe
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English
Etymology
Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɜː(ɹ)b/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Noun
gerbe (plural gerbes)
- (now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf.
- Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (mathematics) An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
- (pyrotechnics) A kind of ornamental firework.
- 1835, Frederick Bruhl, The Complete Art of Making Fireworks:
- on the top of the post fix a gerbe; then clothe all the cases with leaders , so that both they and the gerbe may take fire at the same time
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gerbe”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French gerbe, garbe, from Old French jarbe, garbe, borrowed from Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).
Noun
gerbe f (plural gerbes)
- (agriculture) sheaf (of wheat)
- spray, bouquet (of flowers)
- collection, anthology (of pieces of literature)
- (heraldry) garb
- (historical) tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: gerbe
Etymology 2
Noun
gerbe f (uncountable)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gerbe
- inflection of gerber:
Further reading
- “gerbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
gerbe
- inflection of gerben:
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