abele
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- arbeal (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle Dutch abeel, from Old French.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbiːl/, /ə.ˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (CA) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈbil/, /ə.ˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːl, -eɪl
Noun edit
abele (plural abeles)
- The white poplar (Populus alba). [from 13th c.]
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 114:
- But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal […] .
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browing, The Rhyme of the Duchess May, line 5:
- Six abeles i' the churchyard grow
Translations edit
Populus alba — see white poplar
Further reading edit
- Populus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Populus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Populus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams edit
Ayu edit
Noun edit
abele
References edit
- Blench, Roger, The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2011), page 6