arable

English

Etymology

From Middle English arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (plow) + -bilis (able to be). Cognate with earable (arable).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæɹəbl̩/

Adjective

arable (comparative more arable, superlative most arable)

  1. (agriculture, of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
  2. (agriculture, NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).

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French

Etymology

From Old French arable, from Latin arābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁabl/
  • (file)

Adjective

arable (plural arables)

  1. arable

Further reading


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French arable, borrowed itself from Latin arābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈaːbəl/, /ɛːrˈaːbəl/

Adjective

arable

  1. (Late Middle English) arable

Descendants

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin arābilis.

Adjective

arable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular arable)

  1. arable

Spanish

Adjective

arable (plural arables)

  1. arable
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