arable

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old French arable, from the Latin adjective arabilis, from arō (“I plow”). Confer the English verb ear (“to plow”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈæɹəbl̩/

Adjective [edit]

arable (comparative more arable, superlative most arable)

  1. (agriculture, of land) suitable for cultivation, such as by ploughing
    • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6
      And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]

Translations [edit]

suitable for cultivation

French [edit]

Adjective [edit]

arable (masculine and feminine, plural arables)

  1. arable

Old French [edit]

Adjective [edit]

arable m and f

  1. arable
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