arboretum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin arborētum (“place with trees growing, plantation of trees”), from arbor (“tree”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)
- A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
Translations[edit]
place of many varieties of tree
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
arboretum n
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
arboretum
Declension[edit]
Inflection of arboretum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | arboretumini | arboretumimme |
2nd person | arboretumisi | arboretuminne |
3rd person | arboretuminsa |
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
arboretum m (plural arboretums)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From arbor (“tree”) + -ētum (“grove or plantation”), with suffix extended via rebracketing. Cf. the primary arbustum (for *arbos-tum).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.boˈreː.tum/, [ar.bɔˈɾeː.t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.boˈre.tum/, [ar.bɔˈrɛː.t̪um]
Noun[edit]
arborētum n (genitive arborētī); second declension
- (colloquial) arboretum, plantation of trees.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | arborētum | arborēta |
Genitive | arborētī | arborētōrum |
Dative | arborētō | arborētīs |
Accusative | arborētum | arborēta |
Ablative | arborētō | arborētīs |
Vocative | arborētum | arborēta |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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, 1883–1887)
- arboretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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