roble

See also: Roble

English

Etymology

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Noun

roble (plural robles)

1. California white oak (Quercus lobata).
2. Nothofagus obliqua (syn. Lophozonia obliqua); noble beech.

References

• roble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• roble on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:roble on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “roble”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “roble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Boler, Borel, Robel, blore

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroble/, [ˈro.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -oble
• Hyphenation: ro‧ble

Noun

roble m (plural robles)

1. oak (tree or shrub of the genus Quercus)

Kemi Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ).

Compare Northern Sami ruppal, Inari Sami ruble, Skolt Sami rubbâl / ruʹbll / rubll.

Noun

roble

1. rouble (monetary unit of places such as the Russian Federation and Belarus)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “roble”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From robel +‎ -e.

Noun

roble n animal (diminutive robletko)

1. baby sparrow; sparrowling

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “roble”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “roble”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Spanish

Alternative forms

• robre (obsolete)

Etymology

From former robre, from Latin rōbore, singular ablative of rōbur (“a kind of hard oak”), whence also Aragonese robre (“oak”) and Catalan roure (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroble/ [ˈro.β̞le]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oble
• Syllabification: ro‧ble

Noun

roble m (plural robles)

1. oak, several species of the genus Quercus.

   Synonym: carvallo

2. the English oak, Quercus robur
3. oak (the wood)
4. strong object or person
5. strength

Derived terms

• como un roble
• roble albar
• roble blanco
• roble bur
• roble carrasqueño
• roble de Borgoña
• roble de Chiloé
• roble de Santiago
• roble de Tierra del Fuego
• roble negro
• roble sedoso
• roble valenciano
• robledal
• roblizo

 

Related terms

• corroborar
• robusto

 

Verb

roble

1. inflection of roblar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “roble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014