different between gerbe vs gerb

English

Etymology

Late 16th century, from French gerbe, from Frankish garba or garbe. Doublet of garb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???b/

Noun

gerbe (plural gerbes)

1. (now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf.
2. Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (mathematics) An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
4. (pyrotechnics) A kind of ornamental firework.

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References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Gebre, Grebe, grebe

French

Etymology

From Middle French gerbe, garbe, from Old French garbe, jarbe, from Frankish *garba, from Proto-Germanic *garb?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b/

Noun

gerbe f (plural gerbes)

1. (agriculture) sheaf (of wheat)
2. spray, bouquet (of flowers)
3. collection, anthology (of pieces of literature)
4. (heraldry) garb
5. (historical) tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime
6. (slang) puke, throw up (vomit)

Descendants

• ? English: gerbe

Verb

gerbe

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerber
2. third-person singular present indicative of gerber
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gerber
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of gerber
5. second-person singular imperative of gerber

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• berge

German

Verb

gerbe

1. inflection of gerben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)b

Noun

gerb (plural gerbs)

1. A firework that produces a fountain of sparks

Anagrams

• Berg, Greb, berg

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle High German erbe (“heritage”), whence also German Erbe (“heritage”); via Polish herb (“coat of arms, emblem”), via Russian ???? (gerb, “coat of arms”).

Noun

gerb (definite accusative gerbi, plural gerbl?r)

1. coat of arms

Declension

German

Verb

gerb

1. singular imperative of gerben
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of gerben

Middle Irish

Noun

gerb f

1. scab, itching sore, mange

Descendants

• Irish: gearb

Turkmen

Noun

gerb (definite accusative gerbi, plural gerbler)

1. coat of arms

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ???? (gerb), from Polish herb, from Middle High German erbe (“heritage”).

Noun

gerb (plural gerblar)

1. coat of arms

Declension