roble

See also: Roble

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

roble (plural robles)

  1. California white oak (Quercus lobata).
  2. Nothofagus obliqua (syn. Lophozonia obliqua); noble beech.

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Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroble/ [ˈro.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -oble
  • Syllabification: ro‧ble

Noun

roble m (plural robles)

  1. oak (tree or shrub of the genus Quercus)
    Synonyms: carbayu, rebollu

Further reading

Kemi Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ).

Compare Northern Sami ruppal, Inari Sami ruble, Skolt Sami rubbâl / ruʹbll / rubll.

Noun

roble

  1. rouble (monetary unit of places such as the Russian Federation and Belarus)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “roble”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From robel +‎ -e.

Noun

roble n (diminutive robletko)

  1. baby sparrow; sparrowling

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “roble”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “roble”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From former robre, from Latin rōbore, singular ablative of rōbur (a kind of hard oak), whence also Aragonese robre (oak) and Catalan roure (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroble/ [ˈro.β̞le]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oble
  • Syllabification: ro‧ble

Noun

roble m (plural robles)

  1. oak, several species of the genus Quercus.
    Synonym: carvallo
  2. the English oak, Quercus robur
  3. oak (the wood)
  4. strong object or person
  5. strength

Derived terms

Verb

roble

  1. inflection of roblar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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