tourbe
See also: tourbé
French
Etymology
From Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Frankish *turba, from Proto-Germanic *turbaz (“turf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós (“tuft, lawn”). Cognate with Old High German zurba (“turf”), English turf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuʁb/
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Further reading
- “tourbe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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