English

Noun

gerbe ‎(plural gerbes)

1. (now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf
2. Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance
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

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.

Anagrams

• grebe

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁb/

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)

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

Anagrams

• berge

German

Verb

gerbe

1. First-person singular present of gerben.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of gerben.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of gerben.
4. Imperative singular of gerben.