herbo

Esperanto

herbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin herba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈherbo/

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• Rhymes: -erbo
• Syllabification: her‧bo

Noun

herbo (accusative singular herbon, plural herboj, accusative plural herbojn)

1. grass (clarification of this definition is needed)
   • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎^[1] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:

     Kaj Dio diris: Kreskigu la tero verdaĵon, herbon, kiu naskas semon, fruktarbon, kiu donas laŭ sia speco frukton, kies semo estas en ĝi mem, sur la tero; kaj fariĝis tiel.

     And God said: Let the earth grow a plant, grass, which bears a seed, a fruit tree, which gives fruit according to its kind, whose seed is inside itself, on the earth; and it was made so.

2. herb (plant used as seasoning)
3. (colloquial) weed, pot, grass, herb

   Synonym: mariĥuano

   Hypernyms: kanabo, drogo

Derived terms

• herbaĉo (“weed”)
• herbejo (“meadow, grassland”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto herbo, English herb, French herbe, Italian erba, Spanish hierba, Portuguese erva, ultimately from Latin herba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈher.bo/, /ˈhɛr.bɔ/

Noun

herbo (plural herbi)

1. herb (plant used as seasoning)

Derived terms

• herbala
• herbatra
• herboza

Related terms

• herboro (“herb”) (plant used for medicinal purposes)

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɣʲɛɾboː]

Noun

hèrbo m

1. genitive singular of hèrbas (“coat of arms”)