Alternative forms

• arbeal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ABELECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ABELE abelle, albell, aubel, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ABELE aubel, aubiel, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#ABELE albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABELE albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle DutchCategory:English terms derived from Middle Dutch#ABELE abeel, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbiːl/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/Category:English 2-syllable words#ABELECategory:English 2-syllable words#ABELECategory:English 2-syllable words#ABELECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABELE

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbil/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/Category:English 2-syllable words#ABELECategory:English 2-syllable words#ABELECategory:English 2-syllable words#ABELECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABELE
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːl, -eɪlCategory:Rhymes:English/iːl#ABELECategory:Rhymes:English/iːl/2 syllables#ABELECategory:Rhymes:English/eɪl#ABELECategory:Rhymes:English/eɪl/2 syllables#ABELE

Noun

abele (plural abeles)Category:English lemmas#ABELECategory:English nouns#ABELECategory:English countable nouns#ABELECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABELECategory:Pages with entries#ABELECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ABELE

1. The white poplar (Populus alba). [from 13th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 114:

     But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal […] .

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   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browing, The Rhyme of the Duchess May, line 5:

     Six abeles i' the churchyard grow

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Further reading

• Populus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Populus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Populus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Albee, Baele, Beale

Noun

abeleCategory:Ayu non-lemma forms#ABELECategory:Ayu noun forms#ABELECategory:Ayu entries with incorrect language header#ABELECategory:Pages with entries#ABELECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ABELE

1. plural of ibele

References

• Blench, Roger, The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2011), page 6

Noun

abele fCategory:Middle Low German lemmas#ABELECategory:Middle Low German nouns#ABELECategory:Middle Low German entries with incorrect language header#ABELECategory:Middle Low German feminine nouns#ABELECategory:Pages with entries#ABELECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ABELE

1. The white poplar (Populus alba).

References

• August Lübben (1888) "abêle", in Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Norden und Leipzig, Diedr. Soltau's Verlag. Project Gutenberg.