Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glebe

/ɡlib/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: glebe
IPA: /ɡlib/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Turf; soil; ground; sod.

noun

In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.

noun

A field or meadow.

noun

A piece of earth containing ore.

name

A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.

name

A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Example Sentences

"1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke"
"Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold."

Etymology

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡlib/
British English: /ɡliːb/

Inflected Forms

glebes (plural)

Derived Forms

glebeless glebous gleby

Phrases

glebe-farm glebe farm glebe-house glebe-land

Frequently Paired Words

glaebule

Rhymes With

dweeb beeb grebe hebe shibe plebe seeb heeb reeb ephebe feeb keeb

Questions

How do you pronounce glebe?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡlib/.
What does glebe mean?: Turf; soil; ground; sod.
Where does glebe come from?: From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.

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