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firework
English
Etymology
fire +? work
Noun
firework (plural fireworks)
- A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
Translations
See also
Further reading
- firework on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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gerbe
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)
- (now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf.
- Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (mathematics) An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
- (pyrotechnics) A kind of ornamental firework.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Farrow to this entry?)
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)
- (agriculture) sheaf (of wheat)
- spray, bouquet (of flowers)
- collection, anthology (of pieces of literature)
- (heraldry) garb
- (historical) tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime
- (slang) puke, throw up (vomit)
Descendants
- ? English: gerbe
Verb
gerbe
- first-person singular present indicative of gerber
- third-person singular present indicative of gerber
- first-person singular present subjunctive of gerber
- third-person singular present subjunctive of gerber
- 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
- inflection of gerben:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
gerbe From the web:
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