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emblement

emblement noun: an annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.

Noun

emblement (plural emblements)

  1. An annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.

Forms of emblement

pluralemblements

Origin of emblement

1485, from Old French emblayement, emblaiment (“harvest, crop”), from emblaer, emblaier, emblader (French emblaver, “to sow with grain”), from Medieval Latin imblādāre (“to sow with grain”), from im- + blādum (French blé, “grain”), from Frankish *blād (“produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēdh-, *bhlō(w)-, *bhol- (“to flower; leaf”). Cognate with Old High German blāt (“flower, blossom, prosperity”), Middle Dutch blaad (“leaf”), Old English blǣd (“shoot, flower, fruit, harvest, wealth”). More at bloom.

Questions about emblement

What does emblement mean?
Emblement means an annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.
What part of speech is emblement?
Emblement is a noun.
What is the plural of emblement?
The plural of emblement is emblements.

Words near emblement in the dictionary

  1. emblematologists
  2. emblematology
  3. emblembook
  4. emblembooks
  5. emblemed
  6. emblement
  7. emblements
  8. embleming
  9. emblemise
  10. emblemised
  11. emblemises

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