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See also: Tuber
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tyo͞oʹbə(r), IPA(key): /tjuːbə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: to͞oʹbə(r), IPA(key): /tubɚ/
- Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
tuber (plural tubers)
- A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
- (horticulture) A thickened rootstock.
- (anatomy) A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fleshy underground stem
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anatomy: rounded, protuberant structure in body
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tuber
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of tuber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tuber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tubant /ty.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tubé /ty.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | tube /tyb/ |
tubes /tyb/ |
tube /tyb/ |
tubons /ty.bɔ̃/ |
tubez /ty.be/ |
tubent /tyb/ |
imperfect | tubais /ty.bɛ/ |
tubais /ty.bɛ/ |
tubait /ty.bɛ/ |
tubions /ty.bjɔ̃/ |
tubiez /ty.bje/ |
tubaient /ty.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tubai /ty.be/ |
tubas /ty.ba/ |
tuba /ty.ba/ |
tubâmes /ty.bam/ |
tubâtes /ty.bat/ |
tubèrent /ty.bɛʁ/ | |
future | tuberai /ty.bʁe/ |
tuberas /ty.bʁa/ |
tubera /ty.bʁa/ |
tuberons /ty.bʁɔ̃/ |
tuberez /ty.bʁe/ |
tuberont /ty.bʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tuberais /ty.bʁɛ/ |
tuberais /ty.bʁɛ/ |
tuberait /ty.bʁɛ/ |
tuberions /ty.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tuberiez /ty.bə.ʁje/ |
tuberaient /ty.bʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | tube /tyb/ |
tubes /tyb/ |
tube /tyb/ |
tubions /ty.bjɔ̃/ |
tubiez /ty.bje/ |
tubent /tyb/ |
imperfect2 | tubasse /ty.bas/ |
tubasses /ty.bas/ |
tubât /ty.ba/ |
tubassions /ty.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
tubassiez /ty.ba.sje/ |
tubassent /ty.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tube /tyb/ |
— | tubons /ty.bɔ̃/ |
tubez /ty.be/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading[edit]
- “tuber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Italic *tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtuː.ber/, [ˈt̪uːbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ber/, [ˈt̪uːber]
Noun[edit]
tūber n (genitive tūberis); third declension
- a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
- the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots
- a truffle (any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tūber | tūbera |
Genitive | tūberis | tūberum |
Dative | tūberī | tūberibus |
Accusative | tūber | tūbera |
Ablative | tūbere | tūberibus |
Vocative | tūber | tūbera |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: tuber
- → Portuguese: túbera
- → Spanish: tubera
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *tūbellum (diminutive)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *tufera
Etymology 2[edit]
See tubus
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ber/, [ˈt̪ʊbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ber/, [ˈt̪uːber]
Noun[edit]
tuber m or f (genitive tuberis); third declension
- (usually feminine) a kind of tree or bush of foreign origin, possibly the azarole (Crataegus azarolus)
- (usually masculine) the fruit of the above tree
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tuber | tuberēs |
Genitive | tuberis | tuberum |
Dative | tuberī | tuberibus |
Accusative | tuberem | tuberēs |
Ablative | tubere | tuberibus |
Vocative | tuber | tuberēs |
References[edit]
- “tuber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tuber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tuber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuber
- indefinite plural of tub
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