aspen

See also: Aspen

English

Aspen trees

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæspən/

Etymology 1

From Middle English aspen, corresponding to asp +‎ -en.

Adjective

aspen (comparative more aspen, superlative most aspen)

1. Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
2. (obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.
   • a. 1631, John Donne, ‘The Apparition’, Poems (1633):

     And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou / Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye / A veryer ghost than I […].

3. (obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aspen, from Old English æspan (combining form), from Old English æspe (“aspen”). More at asp.

Noun

aspen (plural aspens)

1. The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

   Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.

   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:

     Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves […] .

2. (uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

   She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which make a wicker basket.

Hyponyms

• (poplar tree): Chinese aspen - Populus adenopoda, bigtooth aspen - Populus grandidentata, Japanese aspen - Populus sieboldii, Eurasian aspen - Populus tremula, quaking aspen - Populus tremuloides

Translations

tree of genus Populus sect. Populus

• Abkhaz: абӷьықыџьқыџь (ābγ̍əkəǯ̍kəǯ̍)
• Armenian: կաղամախի (hy) (kałamaxi)
• Bashkir: уҫаҡ (uθaq); (Eastern Bashkir) ауһаҡ (awhaq)
• Catalan: trèmol m
• Chechen: мах (maχ)
• Cheyenne: vé'škee'e
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山楊 (shānyáng)

• Chukchi: тыӄыԓ (tyqyḷ), тъэԓы (tʺėḷy)
• Czech: (general) topol (cs) m, (specific species) osika (cs) f
• Danish: asp c, aspetræ n, esp c, espetræ n
• Dutch: esp (nl) m, ratelpopulier m
• Estonian: haab (et)
• Faroese: øsp f, esp f
• Finnish: haapa (fi)
• French: tremble (fr) m
• Georgian: ვერხვი (verxvi)
• German: Espe (de) f, Zitterpappel (de) f
• Hungarian: nyár (hu), nyárfa (hu)
• Icelandic: ösp (is) f, espi n, espitré n
• Ingrian: haapa
• Irish: crann creathach m
• Italian: pioppo (it) m
• Korean: 사시나무 (ko) (sasinamu)

• Latvian: apse f
• Low German:

  German Low German: fledder

• Mongolian: улиас (mn) (ulias)
• Navajo: tʼiisbáí
• Nogai: актерек (akterek)
• Norman: trembl'ye m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: osp m or f, asp (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: osp f

• Old English: æspe
• Old Norse: ǫsp f
• Polish: osika (pl) f
• Portuguese: choupo-tremedor m, faia-preta f
• Romanian: plop tremurător m
• Russian: оси́на (ru) f (osína)
• Scottish Gaelic: critheann m
• Shor: апсақ (apsaq)
• Slovak: (general) topoľ m, (specific species) osika (sk) f, (botanical)topoľ osikový f
• Slovene: trepetlika (sl) f
• Spanish: álamo temblón (es) m
• Swedish: asp (sv) c
• Turkish: titrek kavak (tr)
• Votic: aapa
• Westrobothnian: asp f

wood of such a tree

• Estonian: haavapuit
• Faroese: øsp f
• Finnish: haapa (fi), haapapuu
• German: Espenholz (de) n

• Old Norse: ǫsp f
• Scottish Gaelic: critheann m
• Westrobothnian: aspviltj n

Anagrams

• NAPEs, Snape, napes, neaps, panes, peans, snape, sneap, spane, spean

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• aspyn, espyn

Etymology

From aspe (from Old English æspe) + -en.

Adjective

aspen

1. Made of or pertaining to asp trees.

Descendants

• English: aspen

References

• “aspe, (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• aspa

Noun

aspen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of asp

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Spanish

Verb

aspen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of aspar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of aspar.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of aspar.

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Swedish

Noun

aspen

1. definite singular of asp