beech

See also: Beech

English

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

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-Germanic *bōkijǭ, from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“beech; book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”).

Cognates

From the same Proto-Germanic word: Dutch beuk, German Buche, Danish bøg, Norwegian bøk.

From the same Proto-Indo-European word: Latin fāgus (“beech”), Russian бузина́ (buziná, “elder”), Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”).

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Pronunciation

• enPR: bēch, IPA^(key): /biːt͡ʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːtʃ
• 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, 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.

2. The wood of the beech tree.

Synonyms

• beech tree

Derived terms

Terms derived from beech

• Beech Grove
• beech mast
• beech nut
• common beech
• European beech

Translations

tree of genus Fagus

• Abkhaz: ашә (aŝʷ)
• Albanian: ah (sq) m
• Arabic: مُرَّان (murrān), زَان (zān)

  Egyptian Arabic: زان m (zān)

• Armenian: հաճարենի (hačareni)
• Aromanian: fag
• Asturian: faya f
• Azerbaijani: fıstıq (az)
• Basque: pago (eu)
• Belarusian: бук m (buk)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: бук (bg) m (buk)
• Catalan: faig (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山毛櫸／山毛榉 (zh) (shānmáojǔ), 山毛榉 (zh) (shānmáojǔ), 水青冈 (zh) (shuǐqīnggāng)

• Cornish: fawen f
• Corsican: please add this translation if you can
• Crimean Tatar: bik
• Czech: buk (cs) m
• Dalmatian: faguor m
• Danish: bøg c, bøgetræ n
• 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)
• Hungarian: bükk (hu)
• Icelandic: beyki (is)
• Ido: fago (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: feá f
• Italian: faggio (it) m
• Japanese: ブナ (ja) (buna), ぶな (ja) (buna)
• Korean: 너도밤나무 (ko) (neodobamnamu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەران (meran)

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• Latin: fāgus (la) f
• Latvian: dižskābardis f
• 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
• 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
• Old English: bēċe f, bōc f, bōctrēow n
• Persian: آلش (fa) (âlaš), راش (fa) (râš), بشخیز (bošxiz) (obsolete)
• Polish: buk (pl) m
• Portuguese: faia (pt) f
• Romanian: fag (ro) m
• Romansch: fau m, fo m
• Russian: бук (ru) m (buk)
• 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
• Swahili: mfune
• Swedish: bok (sv) c
• Tajik: олаш (tg) (olaš)
• Turkish: kayın (tr)
• Ukrainian: бук (uk) m (buk)
• Venetian: faghèr (vec) m, faghèra f m, f, faxa, fagaro
• Vietnamese: cây gie gai
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: ffawydd f
• West Frisian: bûk c