noun
Meaning 1
One who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arboriculturist
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arborist
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noun
Meaning 2
a specialist in treating damaged trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tree surgeon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, specializer, specialiser
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English arbor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English arborist From arbor + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: arboricultor — one who practices arboriculture
- Catalan: arboricultora — one who practices arboriculture
- Chinese Mandarin: 植樹家 /植树家 (zhíshùjiā) — one who practices arboriculture
- Finnish: puunhoitaja — one who practices arboriculture
- French: arboriculteur — one who practices arboriculture
- Greek: δενδροκόμος (dendrokómos) — one who practices arboriculture
- Malay: arboris — one who practices arboriculture
- Māori: kaitiaki rākau — one who practices arboriculture
- Portuguese: arborista — one who practices arboriculture
- Portuguese: arboricultor — one who practices arboriculture
- Portuguese: arboricultora — one who practices arboriculture
- Romanian: arboricultor — one who practices arboriculture
- Romanian: arboricultoare — one who practices arboriculture
- Russian: арбори́ст (arboríst) — one who practices arboriculture
- Russian: арбори́стка (arborístka) — one who practices arboriculture
- Spanish: arboricultor — one who practices arboriculture
- Spanish: arboricultora — one who practices arboriculture
- Swedish: arborist — one who practices arboriculture
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