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Proper noun

Abies f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – certain coniferous trees, the firs

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom, Pinophyta - division, Pinopsida - class, Pinales - order, Pinaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Abies sect. Abies, Abies sect. Amabilis, Abies sect. Balsamea, Abies sect. Bracteata, Abies sect. Grandis, Abies sect. Momi, Abies sect. Nobilis, Abies sect. Oiamel, Abies sect. Piceaster, Abies sect. Pseudopicea - sections

English

Alternative forms

• abyes

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 ‎(uncountable)

1. A tree of the genus Abies.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abjɛs/

Noun

abies m ‎(plural abies)

1. (archaic) A fir tree.

Anagrams

• baies
• baise, baisé

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.eːs/

Noun

abiēs f ‎(genitive abiētis); third declension

1. silver fir (Abies alba)
2. (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood)

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• abiēgnus
• abietārius

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abies”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill