Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 47562 6891268 2009-06-26T16:20:17Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:oc:birch]] {{wikipedia}} ==English== [[Image:Betula_Pendula_at_Stockholm_University_2005-07-01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Birch trees ''Betula pendula'' (1)]] ===Pronunciation=== * bû(r)ch, /bɜː(r)tʃ/, /b3:(r)tS/ * {{audio|en-us-birch.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ɜː(r)tʃ}} ===Etymology=== Old English ''birce'', ''bierce'', ''[[beorc]]''; cognate with West Frisian [[bjirk]], Dutch [[berk]], German [[Birke]], Danish [[birk]], Swedish [[björk]], Norwegian [[bjerk]]. ===Noun=== {{en-noun|es}} # any of various [[tree]]s of the genus ''[[Betula]]'', native to countries in the [[northern hemisphere]]. # a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. # a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. ====Translations==== <!--DefA--> {{trans-top|tree}} * Albanian: [[mështekna]] * Armenian: {{t-|hy|կեչի|tr=keči|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Belarusian: [[бяроза]] * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|breza|f}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бреза|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[bedoll]] {{m}} * Chinese: huà (hua4); traditional: [[樺]]; simplified: [[桦]] * Croatian: {{t-|hr|breza|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|bříza|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|birk}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|berk|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|betulo|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: [[kask]], [[kõiv]] * Finnish: [[koivu]], [[koivupuu]] * French: {{t+|fr|bouleau|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[bidueiro]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Birke|f}} * [[Greenlandic]]: {{t|kl|orpik}} * Icelandic: [[björk]] {{f}}, [[birki]] {{n}}, [[birkitré]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t-|it|betulla|f}} * Korean: [[박달나무]] (bakdal-namu), [[자작나무]] (jajag-namu, jajak-) * Latvian: [[bērzs]] {{m}} * Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|beržas|m|xs=Lithuanian}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|bjørk|f}} * Occitan: {{t+|oc|beç}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|brzoza}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|bétula|f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|mesteacăn}} * [[Romansch]]: [[badugn]] {{m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|берёза|f|tr=ber'óza|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[бреза]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[breza]] {{f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|breza|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|abedul|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|björk}} * [[Taos]]: [[tų́łęną]] * Turkish: {{t+|tr|huş}} * Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|береза|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} {{trans-bottom}} <!--DefB--> {{trans-top|wood}} * Danish: {{t-|da|birk}} * Finnish: [[koivu]], [[koivupuu]] {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: [[birki]] {{n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|берёза|f|tr=ber'óza|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} <!--DefC--> {{trans-top|punishment device}} * Finnish: [[vitsa]], [[koivuvitsa]] * Polish: [[rózga]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|розга|f|tr=rózga|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|прут|m|tr=prut|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|birch|es}} # to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. # to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. ====Translations==== <!--DefA--> {{trans-top|to punish with a birch}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|piiskata}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[сечь]] [[розги|розгами]] {{trans-bottom}} <!--DefC--> {{trans-top|to punish as if one were using a birch}} * Finnish: [[piiskata]], [[raipata]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Derived terms==== * [[birchen]] * [[birch wood]] [[Category:Trees]] [[de:birch]] [[el:birch]] [[fr:birch]] [[ko:birch]] [[io:birch]] [[it:birch]] [[hu:birch]] [[oc:birch]] [[pl:birch]] [[ro:birch]] [[ru:birch]] [[fi:birch]] [[sv:birch]] [[ta:birch]] [[te:birch]] [[vi:birch]] [[zh:birch]]