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corbeil

corbeil noun: a decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.

Noun

corbeil (plural corbeils)

  1. A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
    Synonyms:
    pannier
  2. A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy.

Proper noun capitalized: Corbeil

Corbeil (plural Corbeils)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of corbeil

Forms of corbeil

Noun
pluralcorbeils
Proper noun
pluralCorbeils

Origin of corbeil

From French corbeil, from Latin corbicula, from corbis (“a basket”). Doublet of corbicula. By surface analysis, Latin corb- + -eil (“diminutive suffix”).

From French corbeil (“basket”).

Questions about corbeil

What does corbeil mean?
Corbeil means a decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
What part of speech is corbeil?
Corbeil can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of corbeil?
The plural of corbeil is corbeils.

Words near corbeil in the dictionary

  1. corbe
  2. Corbeanca
  3. corbeau
  4. corbeaux
  5. Corbehem
  6. corbeil
  7. Corbeil-Essonnes
  8. corbeille
  9. corbeilles
  10. corbeils
  11. corbel

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