birche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• byrche, birch, birk, byrke, birke, breche

Etymology

From Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbirtʃ(ə)/, /ˈbirk(ə)/

Noun

birche (plural birches)

1. birch (tree of genus Betula).
2. mastic (the tree Pistacia lentiscus).

Descendants

• English: birch
• Scots: birk

References

• “birch(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.