adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arboreal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/
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UK: /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/
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rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Living in or among trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Covered or filled with trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arboreous
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any tree-dwelling creature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
inhabiting or frequenting trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- arboreal apes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arboreous, tree-living
Antonyms: nonarboreal
adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or formed by trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an arborous roof
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arborical, arborary, arborous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
resembling a tree in form and branching structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda
- dendriform sponges
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شجري — pertaining to trees
- Breton: gwezheñvel — pertaining to trees
- Dutch: boomachtig — pertaining to trees
- Finnish: puu- — pertaining to trees
- French: arborescent — pertaining to trees
- German: baumähnlich — pertaining to trees
- German: baumartig — pertaining to trees
- Ido: arborala — pertaining to trees
- Italian: arboreo — pertaining to trees
- Italian: arboricolo — pertaining to trees
- Persian: درختی (deraxti) — pertaining to trees
- Portuguese: arbóreo — pertaining to trees
- Russian: древе́сный (drevésnyj) — pertaining to trees
- Spanish: arbóreo — pertaining to trees
- Turkish: ağaçlık — pertaining to trees
- Turkish: ağaçsı — pertaining to trees
- Ukrainian: деревни́й (derevnýj) — pertaining to trees
- Welsh: coedol — pertaining to trees
- Welsh: coedaidd — pertaining to trees
- Breton: annezer-gwez — living in or among trees
- Breton: gwezennek — living in or among trees
- Catalan: arborícola — living in or among trees
- Dutch: boomlevend — living in or among trees
- Dutch: arboreal — living in or among trees
- Finnish: puussa elävä — living in or among trees
- French: arboricole — living in or among trees
- German: arboricol — living in or among trees
- German: baumlebend — living in or among trees
- Icelandic: trjábýll — living in or among trees
- Irish: crannach — living in or among trees
- Italian: arboricolo — living in or among trees
- Polish: nadrzewny — living in or among trees
- Portuguese: arbóreo — living in or among trees
- Portuguese: arborícola — living in or among trees
- Russian: древе́сный (drevésnyj) — living in or among trees
- Spanish: arborícola — living in or among trees
- Swedish: trädlevande — living in or among trees
- Tagalog: kakahuynin — living in or among trees
- Tagalog: puhuyin — living in or among trees
- Welsh: prendrig — living in or among trees
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