different between arbour vs arboretum

English

Alternative forms

• arbor (US)

Etymology

From Middle English arbere, arber, an alteration of herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”) influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).

Noun

arbour (plural arbours)

1. A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.
2. A shady walk.

Middle English

Noun

arbour (plural arbours)

1. a lawn or a flower bed, a grassy plot
2. a shaded nook

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