garrigue

English

Alternative forms

• garigue

Etymology

Borrowed from French garrigue, from Occitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈriːɡ/

Noun

garrigue (countable and uncountable, plural garrigues)

1. A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.

   Synonym: (Greece) phrygana

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 246:

     Far away, on the stony garrigues by the fading light of the harvest moon one could hear the musical calling of wolves.

   • 2009 August 29, Gord Stimmell, “Off ice, the Great One delivers Niagara terroir”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Pure blackberry, cedar and earthy garrigue aromas.

Translations

vegetation

• Catalan: garriga (ca) f
• French: garrigue (fr) f
• Greek: φρύγανα (el) n pl (frýgana)
• Italian: gariga f
• Russian: гарри́га (ru) f (garríga), гари́га (ru) f (garíga)
• Spanish: garriga f

Further reading

• garrigue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan garriga, perhaps from a pre-Roman *carra (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁiɡ/

• Audio:

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Noun

garrigue f (plural garrigues)

1. garrigue

Derived terms

• chêne des garrigues

Further reading

• “garrigue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.