abies

See also: Abies

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Verb

abies

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aby

Etymology 2

From the genus name Abies.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.biˌiz/, /ˈæ.biˌiz/

Noun

abies (plural abies)

  1. A tree of the genus Abies.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.bjɛs/

Noun

abies m (plural abies)

  1. (archaic) A fir tree.

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin
abiēs (a silver fir)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *abiets, probably related to Ancient Greek ἄβιν (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”, acc. m/f). Possibly both are borrowings from the same source, but IE origins have also been suggested.

Pronunciation

Noun

abiēs f (genitive abietis); third declension

  1. the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
  2. (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abiēs abietēs
Genitive abietis abietum
Dative abietī abietibus
Accusative abietem abietēs
Ablative abiete abietibus
Vocative abiēs abietēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • abies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • abies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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