arboretum

arboretum

See also: Arboretum and arborétum

English

An arboretum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arborētum (“place with trees growing, plantation of trees”), from arbor (“tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/

Noun

arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)

1. A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

   Coordinate term: floretum

Translations

place of many varieties of tree

Catalan: arborètum m Chinese: Mandarin: 樹木園／树木园 (shùmùyuán) Czech: arboretum (cs) n Finnish: arboretum (fi), puulajipuisto (fi) French: arboretum (fr) m German: Baumgarten (de) m, Arboretum (de) n Hungarian: arborétum (hu) Icelandic: trjásafn n Italian: arboreto m Japanese: 森林公園 (しんりんこうえん, shinrinkōen) Latin: arborētum n Lithuanian: arboretumas m, dendrariumas m, dendrologinis sodas m, dendroparkas m Polish: arboretum (pl) n, dendrarium n Portuguese: arboreto (pt) m Romanian: arboret (ro) n Russian: дендра́рий (ru) m (dɛndrárij), (древе́сный) пито́мник m ((drevésnyj) pitómnik), арборе́тум (ru) m (arborétum) Slovene: arboretum (sl) m Spanish: arboreto m, arboretum m Swedish: arboretum (sv) n Ukrainian: дендропа́рк (uk) m (dendropárk), дендра́рій m (dendrárij), арборе́тум m (arborétum)

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Czech

Noun

arboretum n

1. arboretum

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arborētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrboreːtːum/, [ˈɑrbo̞ˌre̞ːt̪ːum]
• Rhymes: -eːtːum
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧bo‧re‧tum

Noun

arboretum

1. arboretum
   • 2021 December 4, “Yhteinen taival”, in Helsingin Sanomat‎:

     Oikeastaan se ei ole vain puutarha vaan pikemminkin arboretum.

     In truth, it's not just a garden but rather an arboretum.

   Synonym: puulajipuisto

Declension

Inflection of arboretum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		arboretum	arboretumit
genitive		arboretumin	arboretumien
partitive		arboretumia	arboretumeja
illative		arboretumiin	arboretumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		arboretum	arboretumit
accusative	nom.	arboretum	arboretumit
	gen.	arboretumin
genitive		arboretumin	arboretumien
partitive		arboretumia	arboretumeja
inessive		arboretumissa	arboretumeissa
elative		arboretumista	arboretumeista
illative		arboretumiin	arboretumeihin
adessive		arboretumilla	arboretumeilla
ablative		arboretumilta	arboretumeilta
allative		arboretumille	arboretumeille
essive		arboretumina	arboretumeina
translative		arboretumiksi	arboretumeiksi
instructive		—	arboretumein
abessive		arboretumitta	arboretumeitta
comitative		—	arboretumeineen

Possessive forms of arboretum (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	arboretumini	arboretumimme
2nd person	arboretumisi	arboretuminne
3rd person	arboretuminsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

arboretum m (plural arboretums)

1. arboretum

Further reading

• “arboretum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Etymology

From arbor (“tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove or plantation”), with suffix extended via rebracketing. Cf. the primary arbustum (for *arbos-tum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.boˈreː.tum/, [ärbɔˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.boˈre.tum/, [ärboˈrɛːt̪um]

Noun

arborētum n (genitive arborētī); second declension

1. (colloquial) arboretum, plantation of trees.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arborētum	arborēta
Genitive	arborētī	arborētōrum
Dative	arborētō	arborētīs
Accusative	arborētum	arborēta
Ablative	arborētō	arborētīs
Vocative	arborētum	arborēta

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: arburet, arburetu
  • Romanian: arboret
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: albereta, alboreto, alboreta; albereto
• Western Romance:
  • Catalan: arboreda, arbreda
  • Galician: Alboreda
  • Portuguese: arvoredo
  • Spanish: arboledo, arboleda
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: arborètum
  • → German: Arboretum
  • → English: arboretum, arboret
  • → Italian: arboreto
  • → Polish: arboretum
  • → Portuguese: arboreto
  • → Spanish: arboreto

References

• “arboretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arboretum 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)
• arboretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arboretum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.bɔˈrɛ.tum/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtum
• Syllabification: ar‧bo‧re‧tum

Noun

arboretum n

1. arboretum

   Synonym: dendrarium

Declension

Declension of arboretum

	singular	plural
nominative	arboretum	arboreta
genitive	arboretum	arboretów
dative	arboretum	arboretom
accusative	arboretum	arboreta
instrumental	arboretum	arboretami
locative	arboretum	arboretach
vocative	arboretum	arboreta

Further reading

• arboretum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arboretum in Polish dictionaries at PWN