English [ edit ] European beech (Fagus sylvatica ) forest in spring. Hessen, Germany.Wikispecies
Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English beche Old English bēċe Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā ( “ beech ” ) . Doublet of buky
Pronunciation [ edit ] beech (plural beeches
A tree of the genus Fagus trunk , oval , pointed leaves , and many branches .
1907 Harold Edward Bindloss , chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict [1] 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.
The wood of the beech tree. Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] 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 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
Galician: faia (gl) f
Gallo: faeu m
Georgian: წიფელი (ka) ( c̣ipeli )
German: Buche (de) f
Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 f ( bōka )
Greek: οξιά (el) f ( oxiá )
Ancient: 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 ( ブナ , buna) , 椈 (ja) ( ブナ, buna ) , 桕 ( ブナ, buna ) , 橿 (ja) ( ブナ, buna )
Karata: чӏеркь
Kazakh: шамшат ( şamşat )
Khvarshi: лала ( lala )
Korean: 너도밤나무 (ko) ( neodobamnamu )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مەران ( meran )
Latin: fāgus (la) f
Latvian: dižskābardis 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
Maori: tawhai
Mingrelian: წიფური ( c̣ipuri )
Mongolian: эвэрлэг мод ( everleg mod )
Neapolitan: faggio m
Nogai: бик ( bik )
Norman: fau m
Northern Sami: beaika
Norwegian: bøk (no) m
Occitan: fau (oc) m fag (oc) m
Old English: bēċe f bōc f bōctrēow n
Ossetian: тӕрс ( tærs )
Ottoman Turkish: كولكن ( gülgen )
Persian: آلش (fa) ( âlaš ) , راش (fa) ( râš ) , بشخیز ( bošxiz ) ( obsolete ) , زان (fa) ( zân )
Polish: buk (pl) m
Portuguese: faia (pt) f
Romanian: fag (ro) m
Romansch: fau m fo m
Russian: бук (ru) m ( buk )
Rutul: хамк
Sardinian: fagu m fau m
Scottish Gaelic: faidhbhile f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бу̏ква f
Roman: 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)
Udi: пупнаход ( pupnaχod )
Ukrainian: бук (uk) m ( buk )
Venetian: 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 fayinî m
Welsh: ffawydd f
West Frisian: bûk c
