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Arboretum
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Arˊbo-re′tum
,Noun.
pl.
Arboreta
. [L., a place grown with trees.]
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
Definition 2025
Arboretum
arboretum
arboretum
English
An arboretum
Noun
arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)
- A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
Translations
place of many varieties of tree
Finnish
Noun
arboretum
Declension
| Inflection of arboretum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arboretum | arboretumit | |
| genitive | arboretumin | arboretumien | |
| partitive | arboretumia | arboretumeja | |
| illative | arboretumiin | arboretumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | arboretum | arboretumit | |
| accusative | nom. | arboretum | arboretumit |
| gen. | arboretumin | ||
| genitive | arboretumin | arboretumien | |
| partitive | arboretumia | arboretumeja | |
| inessive | arboretumissa | arboretumeissa | |
| elative | arboretumista | arboretumeista | |
| illative | arboretumiin | arboretumeihin | |
| adessive | arboretumilla | arboretumeilla | |
| ablative | arboretumilta | arboretumeilta | |
| allative | arboretumille | arboretumeille | |
| essive | arboretumina | arboretumeina | |
| translative | arboretumiksi | arboretumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | arboretumein | |
| abessive | arboretumitta | arboretumeitta | |
| comitative | — | arboretumeineen | |
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From arbor (“tree”) + -ētum (“grove or plantation”). An inferior word to the earlier formation arbustum (for *arbosētum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.boˈreː.tum/
Noun
arborētum n (genitive arborētī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arborētum | arborēta |
| genitive | arborētī | arborētōrum |
| dative | arborētō | arborētīs |
| accusative | arborētum | arborēta |
| ablative | arborētō | arborētīs |
| vocative | arborētum | arborēta |
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arboretum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.