arboretum
/ˌɑːbəˈitəm/ahr-bur-EE-tuhm
/ˌɑɹbɚˈitəm/ahr-bur-EE-tuhm
Meaninga place of trees
Common meaning: a garden planted with many kinds of trees
- arbora treeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 152 · scan
- etumLatin ending: a grove of
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin arbor ‘a tree’.
Roots
- arbor, -oris Latin “a tree”
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