English
Birch trees Betula pendula
Etymology
From Middle English birche birk Old English birċe bierċe Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ West Frisian bjirk German Birke *berkō Dutch berk Swedish björk Norwegian bjørk Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos Sanskrit भूर्ज ( bhūrjá ) , Lithuanian béržas Czech bříza Ossetian бӕрз ( bærz ) , Russian берёза ( berjóza ) ), Latin fraxinus ( “ ash tree, ash javelin ” ) ).
Pronunciation
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Noun
birch (countable and uncountable plural birches
Any of various trees of the genus Betula 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.
A birch-bark canoe .
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Translations
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Abkhaz: аҵааҵла ( acʼaacʼla )
Ainu: タッニ ( tatni )
Albanian: mështekër (sq)
Arabic: بَتُولَا f ( batūlā )
Armenian: կեչի (hy) ( kečʻi )
Aromanian: pilpet n misteacãn n
Azerbaijani: tozağacı
Bashkir: ҡайын ( qayın )
Belarusian: бяро́за f ( bjaróza )
Bulgarian: бреза́ (bg) f ( brezá )
Catalan: bedoll m
Chechen: дакх ( daq )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 樺樹 ／ 桦树 (zh) ( huàshù ) , 桦树 (zh) ( huàshù ) ; 樺 ／ 桦 (zh) ( huà ) , 桦 (zh) ( huà ) ; 樺木 ／ 桦木 (zh) ( huàmù ) , 桦木 (zh) ( huàmù )
Chukchi: выԓгиԓ ( vyḷgiḷ )
Czech: bříza (cs) f
Danish: birk
Daur: caalbaang
Dolgan: катыӈ ( katıŋ )
Dutch: berk (nl) m
Esperanto: betulo (eo)
Estonian: kask (et) , kõiv (et)
Even: ча̄лбан ( cālʙan )
Evenki: чалбан ( çalban )
Faroese: bjørk f birki n
Finnish: koivu (fi) , koivupuu
French: bouleau (fr) m
Galician: bidueiro (gl) m bídalo (gl) m bido (gl) m bedulo m
Georgian: არყი ( arq̇i )
German: Birke (de) f
Greek: σημύδα (el) ( simýda )
Greenlandic: orpik
Hebrew: שַׁדָּר (he) m ( shaddár ) , לִבְנֶה (he) m ( livné )
Hungarian: nyír (hu)
Icelandic: björk (is) f birki (is) n birkitré (is) n
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Inupiaq: urgiiḷiq
Irish: beith f
Italian: betulla (it) f
Japanese: 樺の木 ( カバノキ , kabanoki) , 樺 (ja) ( kaba )
Kabardian: пхъэхуей ( pχɛxʷujej )
Kalmyk: хусм ( xusm )
Kazakh: қайың ( qaiyñ )
Ket: усь
Khakas: хазың ( xazıñ )
Korean: 자작나무 (ko) ( jajak-namu ) , 박달나무 (ko) ( bakdal-namu )
Kumyk: макъар ( maqar )
Kyrgyz: кайың (ky) ( kayıŋ )
Lak: кӏялахӏи ( kʼaˤlaħi ) , мархъ ( marq )
Latgalian: bārzs m
Latin: betula f
Latvian: bērzs (lv) m
Lithuanian: beržas (lt) m
Low German:
German Low German: Bark
Macedonian: бреза f ( breza )
Manchu: ᡧᠠᠵᡳᠯᠠᠨ ( šajilan )
Manx: billey-beih m
Mongghul: jariai xjuusi
Mongolian: хус мод ( xus mod )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Nanai: пиагда̄н ( piagdān )
Navajo: kʼishchííʼ naʼazhǫǫsh
Nivkh: ӿивс ( hivs )
Northern Yukaghir: йааң ( jaaŋ )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bjørk (no) m or f bjerk (no) m or f
Nynorsk: bjørk (nn) f
Occitan: beç (oc)
Okanagan: qʷəqʷłín'
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: брѣза f ( brěza )
Old East Slavic: береза f ( bereza ) , брѣза f ( brěza )
Oroqen: tʃa꞉lban tʃa꞉lban
Ossetian: бӕрз ( bærz )
Persian: توس (fa) ( tus ) , غان (fa) ( qân )
Polabian: breză f
Polish: brzoza (pl) f
Portuguese: bétula (pt) f vidoeiro (pt) m
Romanian: mesteacăn (ro)
Romansch: badugn m
Russian: берёза (ru) f ( berjóza )
Sanskrit: भूर्ज (sa) m ( bhūrja )
Scots: birk
Scottish Gaelic: beith f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бреза f
Roman: breza (sh) f
Shor: қазың ( k̂azıŋ )
Slovak: breza (sk) f
Slovene: breza (sl) f
Slovincian: břʉ̀ɵ̯za f
Solon: qaalbang saalbang
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: brjaza f
Upper Sorbian: brěza f
Southern Altai: кайыҥ ( kayïŋ )
Spanish: abedul (es) m
Squamish: qʷéłiʔn
Sudovian: berze
Swahili: mbetula
Swedish: björk (sv) c
Tagalog: abedul
Taos: tų́łęną
Tatar: каен (tt) ( qayen )
Tibetan: སྟག་པ ( stag pa )
Tofa: ӄадыӈ ( qadyň )
Turkish: huş (tr) , huş ağacı
Tuvan: хадың ( xadıñ )
Ukrainian: бере́за (uk) f ( beréza )
Uyghur: قېيىن ( qëyin )
Uzbek: qayin (uz)
Venetian: brèdoła f
Vietnamese: bạch dương (vi) class cây
Võro: kõiv
Welsh: bedwen (cy) f
Written Oirat: ᡍᡇᠰᡇᠨ ( xusun ) , ᡍᡇᠰᡇᡏ ( xusum )
Yakut: хатыҥ ( qatıñ )
Yiddish: בערעזע f ( bereze ) , בעריאָזע f ( beryoze )
Verb
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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.
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Derived terms
Translations
to punish as if one were using a birch
Middle English
Noun
birch
Alternative form of birche 
