abele

• arbeal (obsolete)

From Middle English abelle, albell, aubel, from Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle Dutch abeel, from Old French.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbiːl/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbil/, /əˈbeɪl/, /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -iːl, -eɪl

abele (plural abeles)

1. The white poplar (Populus alba). [from 13th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 114:

     But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal […] .

   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browing, The Rhyme of the Duchess May, line 5:

     Six abeles i' the churchyard grow

• Populus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Populus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Populus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Albee, Baele, Beale

abele

1. plural of ibele

• Blench, Roger, The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2011), page 6