herb

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis of Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers. Doublet of yerba. === Pronunciation === (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: hû(r)b, IPA(key): /hɜːb/ (US, Canada) enPR: (h)ûrb, IPA(key): /(h)ɝb/ North American pronunciation of the word varies; some speakers include the /h/ sound and others omit it, with the /h/-less pronunciation being the more common. Individual speakers are usually consistent in their choice, but the choice does not appear to be correlated with any regional, socioeconomic, or educational distinctions. Outside of North America, the /h/-less pronunciation is restricted to speakers who have a general tendency to "drop the h" in all words. The /h/-less pronunciation is the older; the pronunciation with /h/ is a later spelling pronunciation. Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b === Noun === herb (countable and uncountable, plural herbs) (countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food. (countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis. Synonyms: grass, weed; see also Thesaurus:marijuana (countable, botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season (uncountable, obsolete) Grass; herbage. (countable, US, slang) (always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:seasoning ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hare, here (inflected harwe, herwe), from Old High German *haro, from Proto-West Germanic *haru. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛrp/, [hɛɐ̯p], [hɛʁp] === Adjective === herb (strong nominative masculine singular herber, comparative herber, superlative am herbsten) (of food and drink, e.g. beer) slightly bitter or sharp to the taste, often in a pleasant way; tart (but not in the sense of “sour”) (figurative, chiefly of events or deeds) harsh; hard ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Herbheit === Further reading === “herb” in Duden online “herb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Czech erb, herb, from Middle High German erbe (“heritage”), from Old High German erbi, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃orbʰ-yo-m, from the root *h₃erbʰ- (“to change allegiance, status, ownership”). Compare German Erbe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɛrp/ Rhymes: -ɛrp Syllabification: herb === Noun === herb m inan (heraldry) coat of arms (heraldry) armigerous clan; cf. Polish heraldry ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Lithuanian: herbas → Old Ruthenian: гербъ (herb) Belarusian: герб (hjerb) Ukrainian: герб (herb) → Russian: герб (gerb), гербъ (gerb) — pre-1918 spelling→ Azerbaijani: gerb→ Kildin Sami: ге̄ррп (gierrp)→ Latvian: ģerbonis→ Macedonian: грб (grb)→ Uzbek: gerb → Romanian: herb → Yiddish: הערב (herb) === Further reading === herb in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN herb in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish herb. === Noun === herb n (plural herburi) (heraldry, dated) coat of arms ==== Declension ==== === References === herb in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Zazaki == === Alternative forms === herf === Etymology === From Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb, “war”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /herb/ === Noun === herb (dated) war ==== Synonyms ==== lec lej