different between arboretum vs botanic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??(?)b???i?t?m/

Noun

arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)

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

Translations

Czech

Noun

arboretum n

1. arboretum

Finnish

Noun

arboretum

1. arboretum

Declension

Synonyms

• puulajipuisto

French

Noun

arboretum m (plural arboretums)

1. arboretum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.bo?re?.tum/, [ärb???e?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.bo?re.tum/, [?rb?????t?um]

Noun

arbor?tum n (genitive arbor?t?); second declension

1. (colloquial) arboretum, plantation of trees.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• arboretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• botanick (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin botanicus — perhaps via the French botanique — from the Ancient Greek ????????? (botanikós), from ?????? (botán?, “herb, pasture”).

Adjective

botanic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to botany.

   Synonym: botanical

Derived terms

• botanic garden

Translations

Noun

botanic (plural botanics)

1. Any substance of botanical origin.

   the use of botanics in cosmetic products

Anagrams

• batonic

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

botanic m (feminine singular botanica, masculine plural botanics, feminine plural botanicas)

1. botanical

Related terms

• botanica

Romanian

Etymology

From French botanique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?ta.nik/

Adjective

botanic m or n (feminine singular botanic?, masculine plural botanici, feminine and neuter plural botanice)

1. botanical, botanic

Declension