arable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈæɹəbl̩/
Etymology
From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
Meanings
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Of land, able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VI, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
- (qualifier: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).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more arable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most arable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (41)
ro arabil (suitable for cultivation) · cmn 可耕的 (suitable for cultivation) · it arabile (suitable for cultivation) · pl orny (suitable for cultivation) · pt agricultável (suitable for cultivation) · la arvus (suitable for cultivation) · hu előkészített (suitable for cultivation) · es cultivable (suitable for cultivation) · bg обработваем (suitable for cultivation) · az əkinə yararlı (suitable for cultivation) · ga arúil (suitable for cultivation) · cs orný (suitable for cultivation) · rsk ораци (suitable for cultivation) · bg орна (suitable for cultivation) · enm erable (suitable for cultivation) · da dyrkbar (suitable for cultivation) · pt arável (suitable for cultivation) · az əkinəyararlı (suitable for cultivation) · sv odlingsbar (suitable for cultivation) · ia arabile (suitable for cultivation) · hu megművelt (suitable for cultivation) · nl bebouwbaar (suitable for cultivation) · nb dyrkbar (suitable for cultivation) · de anbaufähig (suitable for cultivation) · fr arable (suitable for cultivation) · es arable (suitable for cultivation) · ru па́хотный (suitable for cultivation) · enm arable (suitable for cultivation) · hu művelhető (suitable for cultivation) · mi tāmata (suitable for cultivation) · de urbar (suitable for cultivation) · nn dyrkbar (suitable for cultivation) · tr tarıma elverişli (suitable for cultivation) · de bebaubar (suitable for cultivation) · cmn 耕地 (suitable for cultivation) · eo kultivebla (suitable for cultivation) · fi viljelyskelpoinen (suitable for cultivation) · id layak tanam (suitable for cultivation) · ca cultivable (suitable for cultivation) · fr cultivable (suitable for cultivation) · ml കൃഷിയോഗ്യമായ (suitable for cultivation)