abele

See also: Abele, ābele, ābelē, and Ābele

English

Alternative forms

• arbeal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English abelle, albell, aubel, from Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle Dutch abeel, from Old French.

Abele; White poplar

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbiːl/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbil/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːl, -eɪl

Noun

abele (plural abeles)

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 […] .

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

     Six abeles i' the churchyard grow

Translations

Populus alba — see white poplar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Albee, Baele, Beale

Ayu

Noun

abele

1. plural of ibele

References

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