tuber

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tyo͞o'bə(r), IPA: /tjuːbə(r)/, X-SAMPA: /tju:b@(r)/
• Rhymes: -uːbə(r)

Noun

tuber (plural tubers)

1. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
2. (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".

Related terms

• tubercle
• tubercular

Translations

fleshy underground stem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塊莖 (cmn), 块茎 (cmn) (kuàijīng), 塊根 (cmn), 块根 (cmn) (kuàigēn), 球根 (cmn) (qiúgēn)

• Czech: bulva (cs) f, hlíza (cs) f
• Finnish: mukula (fi)

• German: Knolle (de) f
• Italian: tubero (it) m
• Malay: ubi (ms), tuber (ms)
• Russian: клубень (ru) (klúben') m 
• Swedish: knöl (sv) c, rotknöl (sv) c, stamknöl (sv) c (botanical, e.g. potato), pålrot (sv) c (botanical, e.g. carrot), rotfrukt (sv) c (common, edible underground parts)

Anagrams

• brute, buret, rebut

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French

Etymology

From tube +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tybe/

Verb

tuber

1. to make into a tube shape
2. to put into a tube

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tuber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuber			avoir tubé
gerund		en tubant			en ayant tubé
present participle		tubant
past participle		tubé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tube	tubes	tube	tubons	tubez	tubent
	imperfect	tubais	tubais	tubait	tubions	tubiez	tubaient
	past historic1	tubai	tubas	tuba	tubâmes	tubâtes	tubèrent
	future	tuberai	tuberas	tubera	tuberons	tuberez	tuberont
	conditional	tuberais	tuberais	tuberait	tuberions	tuberiez	tuberaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	tube	tubes	tube	tubions	tubiez	tubent
	imperfect1	tubasse	tubasses	tubât	tubassions	tubassiez	tubassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tube	—	tubons	tubez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• brute, buter, rebut

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Latin

Etymology 1

See tumere (“to swell”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtuː.ber/

Noun

tūber (genitive tūberis); n, third declension

1. a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
2. the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots
3. a truffle (any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tūber	tūbera
genitive	tūberis	tūberum
dative	tūberī	tūberibus
accusative	tūber	tūbera
ablative	tūbere	tūberibus
vocative	tūber	tūbera

Derived terms

• tūberātus
• tūberculum
• tūberōsus

Descendants

• English: tuber
• Portuguese: túbera

Etymology 2

See tubus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtu.ber/

Noun

tuber (genitive tuberis); m, f, third declension

1. (usually feminine) a kind of tree or bush of foreign origin, possibly the azarole (Crataegus azarolus)
2. (usually masculine) the fruit of the above tree

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tuber	tuberēs
genitive	tuberis	tuberum
dative	tuberī	tuberibus
accusative	tuberem	tuberēs
ablative	tubere	tuberibus
vocative	tuber	tuberēs

Alternative forms

• tubur