different between galbi vs galbe

English

Noun

galbi (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of kalbi

Latin

Adjective

galb?

1. nominative masculine plural of galbus
2. genitive masculine singular of galbus
3. genitive neuter singular of galbus
4. vocative masculine plural of galbus

English

Etymology

From French galbe. Doublet of garb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?alb/

Noun

galbe (plural galbes)

1. The contour or outline of something.
   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1123:

     Her teeth sank into his lips, he felt the sweet galbe of her flanks and arching back.

   • 1921, Aldous Huxley, Chrome Yellow, Penguin Books 1955, p. 7:

     What was the word to describe the curves of those little valleys? They were as fine as the lines of a human body, they were informed with the subtlety of art. Galbe. That was a good word; but it was French.

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gabel, gable, gleba

French

Etymology

From earlier galbe, garbe, borrowed from Italian garbo, from Italian garbare, from Gothic *???????????????????????? (*garw?n). Alternatively from Middle High German walbe (“slope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?alb/

Noun

galbe m (plural galbes)

1. curve; silhouette

Further reading

• “galbe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

galbe

1. vocative masculine singular of galbus