arbor en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈaːbə/ (Australia)
- /ˈɑɹbɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈɑːbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English arbour, erbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbārium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The spelling was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
Meanings
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A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot,
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:Children swung from the branches of the banyan tree, teenagers climbed into the arbours of orchids and gourds into which the abandoned cars had been transformed.
1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 24:
- A grove of trees.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arbors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| arbour | alternative | lexicographic | |
| arbores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Ann Arbor · arborist · arbored · arborway · arborcide · arbor vine · arbor Dianae
Relateds
arboreous · arboretum · arbor vitae · arboreal · arborescent · herb
Translations (38)
fi metsikkö (a grove of trees) · de Baumgruppe (a grove of trees) · ru бесе́дка (a shady place for sitting) · la trichila (a shady place for sitting) · sv berså (a shady place for sitting) · mk се́ница (a shady place for sitting) · de Hain (a grove of trees) · vo priel (a shady place for sitting) · de Wäldchen (a grove of trees) · de Gehölz (a grove of trees) · de Tannicht (a grove of trees) · mk лаг (a grove of trees) · mk шу́мичка (a grove of trees) · de Laube (a shady place for sitting) · hi निकुंज (a grove of trees) · cs besídka (a shady place for sitting) · de Gartenlaube (a shady place for sitting) · fi vilpola (a shady place for sitting) · cs altán (a shady place for sitting) · la triclea (a shady place for sitting) · pms tòpia (a shady place for sitting) · id arbor (a shady place for sitting) · es cenador (a shady place for sitting) · hi निकुंज (a shady place for sitting) · pt pérgola (a shady place for sitting) · it pergolato (a shady place for sitting) · de Allee (a grove of trees) · pt renque (a grove of trees) · bg беседка (a shady place for sitting) · kw erber (a shady place for sitting) · es pérgola (a shady place for sitting) · de Hag (a grove of trees) · ru ро́ща (a grove of trees) · eo laŭbo (a shady place for sitting) · pt caramanchão (a shady place for sitting) · ga lúibín coille (a grove of trees) · bg горичка (a grove of trees) · eo arbareto (a grove of trees)