tourbe
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See also: tourbé
French
Etymology
From Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Frankish *turb, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós (“tuft, lawn”). Cognate with Old High German zurba (“turf”), English turf.
Pronunciation
Noun
tourbe f (plural tourbes)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: torba
- → Galician: turba
- → Italian: torba
- → Romanian: turbă
- → Spanish: turba
- → Turkish: turba
Further reading
- “tourbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.