arable
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
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AdjectiveEdit
arable (comparative more arable, superlative most arable)
- (agriculture, of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]
- (agriculture, NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
TranslationsEdit
suitable for cultivation
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French arable, from Latin arābilis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
arable (plural arables)
Further readingEdit
- “arable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French arable, borrowed itself from Latin arābilis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
arable
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “arāble (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-03.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
arable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular arable)
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
arable (plural arables)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “arable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.