gerbe
English edit
Etymology edit
Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French gerbe, garbe, from Old French jarbe, garbe, borrowed from Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).
Noun edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- → English: gerbe
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gerbe f (uncountable)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gerbe
- inflection of gerber:
Further reading edit
- “gerbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
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Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
gerbe
- inflection of gerben: