glebe

Signification (Anglais)

1. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
2. (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
3. (poetic) A field or meadow.
4. A piece of earth containing ore.

Concepts

glèbe

Synonymes

clod

greensward

ground

soil

sward

terrain

territory

turf

clod of earth

monastery dependency

metochion

Traductions

toprak

μετόχι

βακούφι

Sode

Grasteppich

Turf

Rasendecke

Soden

έδαφος

gleba

cotica

land

grasmat/-zode

potjat

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡliːb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.