arboretum

Borrowed from Latin arborētum (“place with trees growing, plantation of trees”), from arbor (“tree”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/

arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)

1. A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

   Coordinate term: floretum

• fruticetum

• IPA^(key): [ˈarborɛtum]
• IPA^(key): [ˈarborɛːtum]

arboretum n

1. arboretum

Learned borrowing from Latin arborētum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrbore(ː)t(ː)um/, [ˈɑ̝rbo̞ˌre̞(ː)t̪(ː)um]
• Rhymes: -etum
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧bo‧re‧tum

arboretum

1. arboretum

   Synonym: puulajipuisto

   • 2021 December 4, “Yhteinen taival”, in Helsingin Sanomat‎^[1]:

     Oikeastaan se ei ole vain puutarha vaan pikemminkin arboretum.

     In truth, it's not just a garden but rather an arboretum.

• “arboretum”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.bɔ.ʁe.tɔm/

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arboretum m (plural arboretums)

1. arboretum

• “arboretum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From arbor (“tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove or plantation”), with suffix extended via rebracketing. Cf. the primary arbustum (for *arbos-tum).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.boˈreː.tum/, [ärbɔˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.boˈre.tum/, [ärboˈrɛːt̪um]

arborētum n (genitive arborētī); second declension

1. (colloquial) arboretum, plantation of trees.

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• “arboretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arboretum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• arboretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin arboretum.

• IPA^(key): /ar.bɔˈrɛ.tum/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtum
• Syllabification: ar‧bo‧re‧tum

arboretum n

1. arboretum

   Synonym: dendrarium

• arboretum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arboretum in Polish dictionaries at PWN