gerbe

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) sheaf (of wheat)
2. (feminine) spray, bouquet (of flowers)
3. (feminine) collection, anthology (of pieces of literature)
4. (feminine) garb
5. (feminine, historical) tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of gerber:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of gerber:

Concepts

sheaf

bundle

spray

collection

faggot

garb

package

📦

shower

🚿

barf

wreath

bunch

coil

Synonyms

botte

👢

fagot

paquet

lot

nœud

🪢

rameau

ballot

branchette

bouquet

💐

faisceau

Translations

Garbe

schoof

bundel

covone

feixe

garf

haz

gavilla

garba

Bündel

lío

feix

fascio

paveia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒɛʁb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: gerbe

In summary

From Middle French gerbe, garbe, from Old French jarbe, garbe, borrowed from Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).