freixe

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fraxinus (“ash tree”) (compare Occitan fraisse, French frêne, Spanish fresno), from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈfɾe̞.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈfɾe.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfɾej.ʃe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

freixe m (plural freixes or fréixens)

1. ash (tree)
2. ash (wood)

Derived terms

• freixeneda

Further reading

• “freixe”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “freixe”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “freixe” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “freixe”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)