English
Hornbeam branch with leaves and seeds.
Etymology
c. 1570, from Old English horn + beam ( “ tree ” )
Pronunciation
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Noun
hornbeam (plural hornbeams )
A tree of the genus Carpinus , having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana ).
The wood of these trees.
Synonyms
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Translations
tree of Carpinus
Abkhaz: хьаца ( xʲaca )
Armenian: բոխի (hy) ( boxi )
Aromanian: carpin m , scodã f , gavru m , cãrãnti m
Avar: лъор ( lˢor )
Azerbaijani: vələs (az) , ulas
Bats: კარცხილ ( ḳarcxil )
Belarusian: граб m ( hrab )
Bezhta: гьой ( hoj )
Bulgarian: габър (bg) ( gabǎr )
Catalan: carpí (ca) m
Chechen: пха ( pxa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鵝耳櫪 / 鹅耳枥 (zh) ( é'ěrlì ) , 鹅耳枥 (zh) ( é'ěrlì )
Czech: habr (cs) m
Dutch: haagbeuk (nl) m
Esperanto: karpeno
Finnish: valkopyökki (fi)
Franco-Provençal: charpena f
French: charme (fr) m
Friulian: çamar m
Georgian: რცხილა ( rcxila )
German: Hainbuche (de) f , Weißbuche (de) f
Greek: γάβρος (el) m ( gávros )
Hungarian: gyertyán (hu)
Ido: karpino (io)
Ingush: пхьан ( pḥʳan )
Irish: crann sleamhain m
Istriot: carpano m
Italian: carpino
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Japanese: 四手 , 垂 (ja) ( shide )
Judeo-Tat: велес ( veles )
Latin: carpinus
Latvian: skābardis
Lithuanian: skroblas
Low German:
German Low German: hagebuche
Macedonian: габер m ( gaber )
Norman: charmille f
Occitan: calpre (oc) m
Ossetian: фатхъӕд ( fatqæd )
Persian: ممرز (fa) ( mamraz ) , کرزل ( korzel )
Polish: grab (pl) m
Portuguese: carpino m
Romanian: carpen (ro)
Russian: граб (ru) m ( grab )
Sicilian: càrpinu m
Slovak: hrab (sk) m
Slovene: beli gaber m , navadni gaber m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: grab m
Spanish: carpe (es) m
Swedish: avenbok (sv) c , annbok c
Tabasaran: мухь ( mux )
Turkish: gürgen (tr)
Ukrainian: граб m ( hrab )
Venetian: càrpano (vec) m , càrpane m , càrpen m
Walloon: tchårnale (wa) f , tchårnea (wa) m , tchåne (wa) f
Welsh: oestrwydden f
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