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Is gerbe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gerbe is a Scrabble US word. The word gerbe is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is gerbe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gerbe is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

GERBE,GREBE,

4-letter words (7 found)

BEER,BERE,BERG,BREE,EGER,GERE,GREE,

3-letter words (9 found)

BEE,BEG,ERE,ERG,GEE,GER,REB,REE,REG,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from gerbe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of gerbe

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Definitions and meaning of gerbe

gerbe

Etymology

Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɜː(ɹ)b/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

gerbe (plural gerbes)

  1. (now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf.
  2. Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (mathematics) An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
  4. (pyrotechnics) A kind of ornamental firework.

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

  • Gebre, Grebe, grebe

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁb/

Etymology 1

From Middle French gerbe, garbe, from Old French jarbe, garbe, borrowed from Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).

Noun

gerbe f (plural gerbes)

  1. (agriculture) sheaf (of wheat)
  2. spray, bouquet (of flowers)
  3. collection, anthology (of pieces of literature)
  4. (heraldry) garb
  5. (historical) tithe on crops under the Ancien Régime
Related terms
Descendants
  • → English: gerbe

Etymology 2

Deverbal from gerber.

Noun

gerbe f (uncountable)

  1. (slang) puke, throw up (vomit)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gerbe

  1. inflection of gerber:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “gerbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • berge

German

Pronunciation

Verb

gerbe

  1. inflection of gerben:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org