abies
See also: Abies
English
Etymology
From the genus name Abies.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.biˌiz/, /ˈæ.biˌiz/
Noun
abies (plural abies)
- A tree of the genus Abies.
- A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.
Translations
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Anagrams
- Baise
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abies.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bjɛs/
Noun
abies m (plural abies)
- (archaic) a fir tree
Further reading
- “abies”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- baies
- baise, baisé
Latin
abiēs (a silver fir)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *abjets, probably related to Ancient Greek ἄβιν (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”, acc. m/f). Possibly both are borrowings from the same source, but IE origins have also been suggested.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.eːs/, [ˈäbieːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.es/, [ˈäːbies]
Noun
abiēs f (genitive abietis); third declension
- the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
- (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abiēs | abietēs |
| Genitive | abietis | abietum |
| Dative | abietī | abietibus |
| Accusative | abietem | abietēs |
| Ablative | abiete | abietibus |
| Vocative | abiēs | abietēs |
Derived terms
- abiēgnus
- abietārius
Descendants
- Asturian: abetu
- Catalan: avet
- English: abietic
- French: abies
- Esperanto: abio
- Padanian:
- Romagnol: abét, abēt (Ville Unite)
- Ido: abieto
- Italian: abete
- Occitan: avet
- Portuguese: abeto
- Spanish: abeto
References
- “abies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- abies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Scots
Etymology
E.D.D. suggests all-be-as, but see byes. The development of meaning in 3. seems a recent extension.
Preposition
abies
- In comparison with.
- In addition to, besides.
- except
References
- “abies, prep.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.