herbe
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French erbe, herbe, from Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (mute h) (Europe) IPA(key): /ɛʁb/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /aɛ̯ʁb/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /æb/
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Noun
[edit]herbe f (plural herbes)
Derived terms
[edit]- beuh (verlan)
- couper l'herbe sous le pied
- désherber
- en herbe
- enherber
- faire de l'herbe
- fines herbes
- herbe à cent goûts
- herbe à chique
- herbe à cloque
- herbe à cochon
- herbe à coton
- herbe à cousin
- herbe à Gérard
- herbe à jaunir
- herbe à la bosse
- herbe à la capucine
- herbe à la femme battue
- herbe à la ouate
- herbe à la rate
- herbe à la reine
- herbe à l'ambassadeur
- herbe à l'araignée
- herbe à l'épervier
- herbe à l'esquinancie
- herbe à l'hirondelle
- herbe à Paris
- herbe à pauvre homme
- herbe à pisser
- herbe à printemps
- herbe à Robert
- herbe à savon
- herbe à Sitarane
- herbe à soie
- herbe aigrelette
- herbe antiépileptique
- herbe au cancer
- herbe au chantre
- herbe au chat
- herbe au diable
- herbe au grand prieur
- herbe au lait
- herbe au lait de Notre-Dame
- herbe au nombril
- herbe au pauvre homme
- herbe aux abeilles
- herbe aux ânes
- herbe aux blessures
- herbe aux boucs
- herbe aux cancers
- herbe aux cent miracles
- herbe aux charpentiers
- herbe aux chats
- herbe aux cinq coutures
- herbe aux corneilles
- herbe aux coupures
- herbe aux deniers
- herbe aux écus
- herbe aux goutteux
- herbe aux gueux
- herbe aux mamelles
- herbe aux massues
- herbe aux mille florins
- herbe aux mites
- herbe aux ours
- herbe aux perles
- herbe aux poumons
- herbe aux poux
- herbe aux sorcières
- herbe blanche
- herbe caniculaire
- herbe cœur
- herbe d'admiration
- herbe d'amour
- herbe de capucin
- herbe de consoude
- herbe de la corneille
- herbe de la couaille
- herbe de la sagesse
- herbe de l'hirondelle
- herbe de Saint-Christophe
- herbe des magiciens
- herbe des sorcières
- herbe du bon Henri
- herbe du cardinal
- herbe du cocher
- herbe du cœur
- herbe du diable
- herbe du foie
- herbe du grand prieur
- herbe du javart
- herbe du Paraguay
- herbe folle
- herbe sacrée
- herbes de la Saint-Jean
- herbes de Provence
- herbes médicinales
- herbes potagères
- jus d'herbes
- l'herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
- l'herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin
- mauvaise herbe
- regarder l'herbe pousser
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “herbe” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
- “herbe” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
- “herbe” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
- “herbe”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
- Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “herbe”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
- “herbe” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “herbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]herbe
- inflection of herb:
Lithuanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hèrbe m
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French erbe, from Latin herba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]herbe (plural herbes)
- A herbaceous plant:
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Mark 4:31-32, folio 17, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- […] as a coꝛn of ſyneuei · which whãne it is ſowen in þe erþe .· is leſſe þan alle ſeedis þat ben in þe erþe / and whãne it is ſpꝛungen up · it wexiþ in to a tree · ⁊ is maad grettir þan alle erbis / and it makiþ grete bꝛaũchis .· ſo þat bꝛiddis of heuene moũ dwelle vndur þe ſchadewe þ̇ of /
- […] like a mustard seed, which is smaller than every [other] seed in the ground when it is sowed, / but after it has sprouted, it grows into a tree that's larger than all the plants and develops long branches so the birds in the sky can nest under its shade.
- Herbage (plants, especially grass)
- (rare) A woody plant; a tree.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “hē̆rbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]herbe oblique singular, f (oblique plural herbes, nominative singular herbe, nominative plural herbes)
- alternative form of erbe
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