erable

See also: érable

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French érable (“maple”), from Old French airable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈɾa.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eˈɾab.ble]

Noun

erable m (plural erables)

1. Norway maple

Derived terms

• erable de sucre

Further reading

• “erable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayreable, erybyll

Etymology

From eren (“to plough”) +‎ -able (“-able”), apparently on the model of arable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːrˈaːbəl/

Adjective

erable

1. (Late Middle English, uncommon) arable

   Synonym: arable

Descendants

• English: earable

References

• “ērāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 October 2018.