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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — beech - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also: Beech

English

European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in spring. Hessen, Germany.

Etymology

From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/, [ˈbɪi̯t͡ʃ]
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ
  • Hyphenation: beech
  • Homophone: beach

Noun

beech (plural beeches)

  1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
    • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
      A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
  2. The wood of the beech tree.

Synonyms

  • (tree): beech tree
  • (wood): beechwood

Derived terms

  • American beech
  • Antarctic beech
  • beech bark disease
  • beech-de-mer
  • beechdrops
  • beechen
  • Beech Forest
  • Beech Grove
  • beech leaf disease
  • beechless
  • beechlike
  • beech marten
  • beechmast
  • beech mast
  • beech nut
  • beechnut
  • beech oil
  • beech snap
  • Beechtree
  • beechy
  • black beech
  • blue beech
  • Bough Beech
  • Carshalton Beeches
  • common beech
  • copper beech
  • Dombey's beech
  • dwarf beech
  • European beech
  • High Beech
  • Japanese beech
  • lenga beech
  • Magellan's beech
  • Mexican beech
  • myrtle beech
  • parasol beech
  • purple beech
  • Siebold's beech
  • silky beech
  • silver beech
  • southern beech
  • twisted beech
  • water beech
  • white beech

Translations

tree of genus Fagus
  • Abaza: кӏважвацӏла (kʷʼažʷacʼla), шчӏвы (šćʷʼə), шшӏы (ščʼə), швчӏвы (šʷćʷʼə)
  • Abkhaz: ашә (aŝʷ)
  • Akhvakh: чинара (činara)
  • Albanian: ah (sq) m
  • Andi: хо (xo)
  • Arabic: مُرَّان (murrān), زَان (zān)
    Egyptian Arabic: زان m (zān)
  • Armenian: հաճարի (hy) (hačari)
  • Aromanian: fag
  • Asturian: faya (ast) f
  • Avar: чинари (činari)
  • Azerbaijani: fıstıq (az)
  • Bagvalal: чинар (činar)
  • Basque: pago (eu)
  • Bats: წიფელ (c̣ipel)
  • Belarusian: бук (be) m (buk)
  • Bezhta: пипе (pipe)
  • Botlikh: чачан гьуди (čačan hudi)
  • Breton: faou (br)
  • Bulgarian: бук (bg) m (buk)
  • Catalan: faig (ca)
  • Chechen: поп (pop)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 山毛櫸 / 山毛榉 (zh) (shānmáojǔ), 水青岡 / 水青冈 (zh) (shuǐqīnggāng)
  • Cornish: fawen f
  • Corsican: fagu m, faiu m, favu m
  • Crimean Tatar: bik
  • Czech: buk (cs) m
  • Dalmatian: faguor m
  • Danish: bøg c, bøgetræ n
  • Dargwa: пурпи (purpi)
  • Dutch: beuk (nl)
  • Esperanto: fago (eo)
  • Estonian: pöök (et)
  • Faroese: bókartræ n
  • Finnish: pyökki (fi)
  • French: hêtre (fr) m
    Old French: fau m
  • Frisian:
    West Frisian: bûk c
  • Galician: faia (gl) f
  • Gallo: faeu m
  • Georgian: წიფელი (ka) (c̣ipeli)
  • German: Buche (de) f
  • Greek: οξιά (el) f (oxiá)
    Ancient Greek: ὀξύα f (oxúa)
  • Greenlandic: orpik qisussiassaq
  • Hebrew: אשור (he)
  • Hinukh: пепи (pepi)
  • Hungarian: bükk (hu)
  • Hunzib: пибе (pibe)
  • Icelandic: beyki (is)
  • Ido: fago (io)
  • Ingush: поп (pop)
  • Irish: feá f
  • Italian: faggio (it) m
  • Japanese: 橅 (ja) (ブナ, buna), 椈 (ja) (ブナ, buna), 桕 (ブナ, buna), 橿 (ja) (ブナ, buna)
  • Kaitag: пу́рпе (púrpe)
  • Karata: чӏеркь (č̣erƛ̣ƛ̣)
  • Kazakh: шамшат (šamšat)
  • Khvarshi: лала (lala)
  • Korean: 너도밤나무 (ko) (neodobamnamu)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: مەران (meran)
  • Latin: fāgus (la) f
  • Latvian: dižskābardis (lv) f
  • Laz: წიფური (ǯipuri), წიფრა (ǯipra)
  • Ligurian: fò m
  • Lithuanian: bukas f
  • Low German: Böök f
  • Luxembourgish: Bich f
  • Macedonian: бука f (buka)
  • Malay: bic, pokok bic
  • Manx: faaigh
  • Māori: tawhai
  • Mazanderani: راش (râš), آلاش (âlâš), چلر (čelar)
  • Mingrelian: წიფური (c̣ipuri)
  • Mongolian: эвэрлэг мод (everleg mod)
  • Neapolitan: faggio m
  • Nogai: бик (bik)
  • Norman: fau m
  • Norwegian: bøk (no) m
  • Occitan: fau (oc) m, fag (oc) m
  • Old English: bēċe f, bōc f, bōctrēow n
  • Ossetian: тӕрс (tærs)
  • Persian: آلش (fa) (âlaš), راش (fa) (râš)
  • Polish: buk (pl) m inan
  • Portuguese: faia (pt) f
  • Romanian: fag (ro) m
  • Romansh: fau m, fo m
  • Russian: бук (ru) m (buk)
  • Rutul: хамк (ꭓamk)
  • Sami:
    Northern Sami: beaika
  • Sardinian: fagu m, fau m
  • Scottish Gaelic: faidhbhile f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: бу̏ква f
    Latin: bȕkva (sh) f
  • Sicilian: fagu (scn) m, fau, favu
  • Slovak: buk (sk) m
  • Slovene: bukev (sl) f
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: buk m
    Upper Sorbian: buk m
  • Spanish: haya (es) f, pellín (es) m
  • Svan: წიფ (c̣ip), წიფრა (c̣ipra)
  • Swahili: mfune
  • Swedish: bok (sv) c
  • Tajik: олаш (tg) (olaš)
  • Turkish: kayın (tr)
    Ottoman Turkish: كولكن (gülgen)
  • Udi: пупнаход (pupnaꭓod)
  • Ukrainian: бук (uk) m (buk)
  • Venetan: faghèr (vec) m, faghèra f m, f, faxa, fagaro
  • Vietnamese: cây gie gai
  • Walloon: hesse (wa) f, faw (wa) m or f, fawea (wa) m, faynî m
  • Welsh: ffawydd f pl
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