arboretum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arborētum (“place with trees growing”), from arbor (“tree”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)
- A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
Translations
place of many varieties of tree
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Czech
Noun
arboretum n
Finnish
Noun
arboretum
Declension
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 | ||
abessive | arboretumitta | arboretumeitta | ||
instructive | — | arboretumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
French
Noun
arboretum m (plural arboretums)
Latin
Etymology
From arbor (“tree”) + -ētum (“grove or plantation”), with suffix extended via rebracketing. Cf. the primary arbustum (for *arbos-tum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ar.boˈreː.tum/, [ärbɔˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.boˈre.tum/, [ärboˈrɛːt̪um]
Noun
arborētum n (genitive arborētī); second declension
- (colloquial) arboretum, plantation of trees.
Declension
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
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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