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ar⋅a⋅ble
[ar-uh-buh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil. |
–noun
| 2. | land that can be or is cultivated. |
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| ar·a·ble (ār'ə-bəl) adj. Fit for cultivation, as by plowing. n. Land fit to be cultivated. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin arābilis, from arāre, to plow.] ar'a·bil'i·ty n. |
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Arable
Ar"a*ble\, a. [F. arable, L. arabilis, fr. arare to plow, akin to Gr. ?, E. ear, to plow. See Earable.] Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.Arable
Ar"a*ble\, n. Arable land; plow land.
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Language Translation for : arable
Spanish:
arable, cultivable,
German:
bebaubar,
Japanese:
耕作に適する
arable
c.1410, "capable of being plowed" (as opposed to pasture- or wood-land), from O.Fr. arable, from L. arabilis, from arare "to plow," from PIE *are- "to plow" (cf. Gk. aroun, O.C.S. orja, Lith. ariu "to plow;" Goth. arjan, O.E. erian, M.Ir. airim, Welsh arddu "to plow;" O.N. arþr "a plow"). Replaced native erable, from O.E. erian "to plow."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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