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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Crambe, from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkram.be/
- Rhymes: -ambe
- Hyphenation: cràm‧be
Noun
crambe f (plural crambi)
- (botany) any member of the Crambe taxonomic genus
Further reading
- crambe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē).
Pronunciation
Noun
crambē f (genitive crambēs); first declension
- cabbage
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
References
- “crambe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crambe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crambe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.