érable

See also: erable

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French airable, from older arable, from Gallic Vulgar Latin or Late Latin acerābulus, from Latin acer (maple) + Gaulish *abal(l)o- (apple-tree). Compare Old Irish fic-abull (fig-tree), Welsh cri-afol (mountain-ash).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ʁabl/
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Noun

érable m (plural érables)

  1. maple
    Le sirop d’érable est récolté dans les forêts du nord-est de l’Amérique du Nord, particulièrement au Québec.
    Maple syrup is harvested in the forests of the northeast of North America, particularly in Quebec.
    La règle générale est donc d’attendre jusqu’à 45 [quarante-cinq] ans après la plantation d’un érable avant de commencer à récolter son eau. Cependant, un érable à sucre peut vivre jusqu’à 300 [trois-cents] ans, voire davantage. Il peut donc donner de l’eau à chaque printemps pendant un grand nombre d’années.
    The general rule is thus to wait until 45 years after the planting of a maple before beginning to harvest its sap. However, a sugar maple can live up to 300 years, [or] even more. It can thus give sap every spring for a great many years.

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