beech

See also: Beech

English

European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in spring. Hessen, Germany.

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bēch, IPA^(key): /biːt͡ʃ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːtʃ
• Homophone: beach

Noun

beech (plural beeches)

1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
   • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

     A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

2. The wood of the beech tree.

Synonyms

• (tree): beech tree
• (wood): beechwood

Derived terms

• American beech
• Antarctic beech
• beech bark disease
• beech-de-mer
• beechdrops
• beechen
• Beech Forest
• Beech Grove
• beechlike
• beech marten
• beech mast
• beechmast
• beechnut
• beech nut
• beech oil
• beech snap
• Beechtree
• beechy
• blue beech
• Bough Beech
• Carshalton Beeches
• common beech
• copper beech
• Dombey's beech
• dwarf beech
• European beech
• High Beech
• Japanese beech
• lenga beech
• Magellan's beech
• Mexican beech
• myrtle beech
• parasol beech
• Siebold's beech
• southern beech
• twisted beech
• white beech

 

Translations

tree of genus Fagus

• Abaza: кӏважвацӏла (kʷʼažʷacʼla), шчӏвы (šćʷʼə), шшӏы (ščʼə), швчӏвы (šʷćʷʼə)
• Abkhaz: ашә (aŝʷ)
• Akhvakh: чинара (činara)
• Albanian: ah (sq) m
• Andi: хо (xo)
• Arabic: مُرَّان (murrān), زَان (zān)

  Egyptian Arabic: زان m (zān)

• Armenian: հաճարի (hy) (hačari)
• Aromanian: fag
• Asturian: faya (ast) f
• Avar: чинари (činari)
• Azerbaijani: fıstıq (az)
• Bagvalal: чинар (činar)
• Basque: pago (eu)
• Bats: წიფელ (c̣ipel)
• Belarusian: бук m (buk)
• Bezhta: пипе (pipe)
• Botlikh: чачан гьуди (čačan hudi)
• Breton: faou (br)
• Bulgarian: бук (bg) m (buk)
• Catalan: faig (ca)
• Chechen: поп (pop)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山毛櫸／山毛榉 (zh) (shānmáojǔ), 水青岡／水青冈 (zh) (shuǐqīnggāng)

• Cornish: fawen f
• Corsican: fagu m, faiu m, favu m
• Crimean Tatar: bik
• Czech: buk (cs) m
• Dalmatian: faguor m
• Danish: bøg c, bøgetræ n
• Dargwa: пурпи (purpi)
• Dutch: beuk (nl)
• Esperanto: fago (eo)
• Estonian: pöök (et)
• Faroese: bókartræ n
• Finnish: pyökki (fi)
• French: hêtre (fr) m

  Old French: fau m

• Galician: faia (gl) f
• Gallo: faeu m
• Georgian: წიფელი (ka) (c̣ipeli)
• German: Buche (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 f (bōka)
• Greek: οξιά (el) f (oxiá)

  Ancient: ὀξύα f (oxúa)

• Greenlandic: orpik qisussiassaq
• Hebrew: אשור (he)
• Hinukh: пепи (pepi)
• Hungarian: bükk (hu)
• Hunzib: пибе (pibe)
• Icelandic: beyki (is)
• Ido: fago (io)
• Ingush: поп (pop)
• Irish: feá f
• Italian: faggio (it) m
• Japanese: 橅 (ブナ, buna), 椈 (ja) (ブナ, buna), 桕 (ブナ, buna), 橿 (ja) (ブナ, buna)
• Karata: чӏеркь
• Kazakh: шамшат (şamşat)
• Khvarshi: лала (lala)
• Korean: 너도밤나무 (ko) (neodobamnamu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەران (meran)

• Latin: fāgus (la) f
• Latvian: dižskābardis (lv) f
• Laz: წიფური (ǯipuri), წიფრა (ǯipra)
• Ligurian: fò m
• Lithuanian: bukas f
• Low German: Böök f
• Luxembourgish: Bich f
• Macedonian: бука f (buka)
• Malay: bic, pokok bic
• Manx: faaigh
• Maori: tawhai
• Mingrelian: წიფური (c̣ipuri)
• Mongolian: эвэрлэг мод (everleg mod)
• Neapolitan: faggio m
• Nogai: бик (bik)
• Norman: fau m
• Northern Sami: beaika
• Norwegian: bøk (no) m
• Occitan: fau (oc) m, fag (oc) m
• Old English: bēċe f, bōc f, bōctrēow n
• Ossetian: тӕрс (tærs)
• Ottoman Turkish: كولكن (gülgen)
• Persian: آلش (fa) (âlaš), راش (fa) (râš), بشخیز (bošxiz) (obsolete), زان (fa) (zân)
• Polish: buk (pl) m
• Portuguese: faia (pt) f
• Romanian: fag (ro) m
• Romansch: fau m, fo m
• Russian: бук (ru) m (buk)
• Rutul: хамк
• Sardinian: fagu m, fau m
• Scottish Gaelic: faidhbhile f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу̏ква f

  Roman: bȕkva (sh) f

• Sicilian: fagu (scn) m, fau, favu
• Slovak: buk (sk) m
• Slovene: bukev (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: buk m

  Upper Sorbian: buk m

• Spanish: haya (es) f, pellín (es) m
• Svan: წიფ (c̣ip), წიფრა (c̣ipra)
• Swahili: mfune
• Swedish: bok (sv) c
• Tajik: олаш (tg) (olaš)
• Turkish: kayın (tr)
• Udi: пупнаход (pupnaχod)
• Ukrainian: бук (uk) m (buk)
• Venetan: faghèr (vec) m, faghèra f m, f, faxa, fagaro
• Vietnamese: cây gie gai
• Walloon: hesse (wa) f, faw (wa) m or f, fawea (wa) m, fayinî m
• Welsh: ffawydd f pl
• West Frisian: bûk c