bracken

See also: Bracken

English

Etymology

From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹækən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ækən

Noun

bracken (usually uncountable, plural brackens)

1. (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
2. (uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.

Derived terms

• brackened
• brackeny

Translations

any of several coarse ferns

• Armenian: արծվապտեր (arcvapter)
• Bulgarian: орлова папрат (orlova paprat)
• Catalan: falguera aquilina f

  Valencian: falaguera aquilina f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羊齒 / 羊齿 (zh) (yángchǐ), 蕨菜 (zh) (juécài)

• Dutch: adelaarsvaren (nl) m
• Esperanto: pteridio
• Finnish: lännensananjalka
• French: ptéridium m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Adlerfarne (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: θηλυπτερίς f (thēlupterís)

• Hungarian: saspáfrány (hu)
• Irish: raithneach f
• Italian: felce (it) f, felce aquilina f
• Japanese: 蕨 (ja) (ワラビ, warabi)
• Kikuyu: rũthirũ class 11
• Korean: 고사리 (ko) (gosari)
• Maori: rarauhe, rauaruhe, mārohi, rarauwhe, rārahu, tākaka, manehu
• Mongolian: ойм (mn) (ojm)
• Norman: feûgiéthe f
• Ottoman Turkish: قوزغون اوتی (kuzgun otu)
• Persian: کرف (fa) (karaf)
• Polish: orlica (pl) f
• Portuguese: feto-águia m
• Russian: па́поротник-орля́к m (páporotnik-orlják)
• Scottish Gaelic: raineach f
• Serbo-Croatian: bujad (sh) f
• Spanish: helecho (es) m
• Swedish: örnbräken c
• Welsh: rhedyn ungoes f pl