bracken

See also: Bracken

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian origin. Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).

Pronunciation

• 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.

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), 羊齿 (zh) (yángchǐ), 蕨菜 (juécài)

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

  Ancient: θηλυπτερίς f (thēlupterís)

• Irish: raithneach f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: felce (it) f
• Japanese: 蕨 (ja) (ワラビ, warabi)
• Kikuyu: rũthirũ class 11
• Maori: rarauhe, rauaruhe, mārohi, rarauwhe, rārahu, tākaka, manehu
• Norman: feûgiéthe f
• Persian: کرف (fa) (karaf)
• Polish: orlica (pl) f
• Portuguese: feto-águia m
• Russian: па́поротник-орля́к m (páporotnik-orlják)
• Scottish Gaelic: raineach f
• Spanish: helecho (es) m
• Welsh: rhedyn m