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ash tree

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A tree of the genus Fraxinus, with compound leaves and a tough, flexible wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: white ash, Fraxinus Americana, swamp ash, Fraxinus caroliniana, flowering ash, Fraxinus cuspidata, Fraxinus dipetala, European ash, common European ash, Fraxinus excelsior, Oregon ash, Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregona, black ash, basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash, Fraxinus nigra, manna ash, Fraxinus ornus, red ash, downy ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, blue ash, Fraxinus quadrangulata, mountain ash, Fraxinus texensis, pumpkin ash, Fraxinus tomentosa, Arizona ash, Fraxinus velutina, Yggdrasil, Ygdrasil

History

Etymology

See ash, etymology 2.

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ажа (aẑa) — Fraxinus tree
  • Albanian: frashër — Fraxinus tree
  • Arabic: مُرَّان (murrān) — Fraxinus tree
  • Arabic: دَرْدَار (dardār) — Fraxinus tree
  • Armenian: հացենի (hacʻeni) — Fraxinus tree
  • Armenian: հացի (hacʻi) — Fraxinus tree
  • Aromanian: frapsin — Fraxinus tree
  • Asturian: freisnu — Fraxinus tree
  • Azerbaijani: göyrüş — Fraxinus tree
  • Azerbaijani: vən — Fraxinus tree
  • Basque: lizar — Fraxinus tree
  • Belarusian: я́сень (jásjenʹ) — Fraxinus tree
  • Bulgarian: ясен (jasen) — Fraxinus tree
  • Catalan: freixe — Fraxinus tree
  • Chechen: къахьашту (qʼaḥraštu) — Fraxinus tree
  • Cherokee: ᏙᏧ (dotsu) — Fraxinus tree
  • Cheyenne: mótó'e — Fraxinus tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梣 (cén) — Fraxinus tree
  • Czech: jasan — Fraxinus tree
  • Dalmatian: uarno — Fraxinus tree
  • Dalmatian: guarn — Fraxinus tree
  • Danish: ask — Fraxinus tree
  • Dutch: es — Fraxinus tree
  • Erzya: сирть (sirť) — Fraxinus tree
  • Esperanto: frakseno — Fraxinus tree
  • Estonian: saar — Fraxinus tree
  • Extremaduran: fresnu — Fraxinus tree
  • Faroese: ask — Fraxinus tree
  • Faroese: askur — Fraxinus tree
  • Finnish: saarni — Fraxinus tree
  • French: frêne — Fraxinus tree
  • West-Frisian: esk — Fraxinus tree
  • Friulian: frassin — Fraxinus tree
  • Galician: freixo — Fraxinus tree
  • Georgian: იფანი (ipani) — Fraxinus tree
  • Georgian: კოპიტი (ḳoṗiṭi) — Fraxinus tree
  • German: Esche — Fraxinus tree
  • Greek: μελιά (meliá) — Fraxinus tree
  • Greek: φλαμουριά (flamouriá) — Fraxinus tree
  • Greek: φράξος (fráxos) — Fraxinus tree
  • Ancient Greek: μελία (melía) — Fraxinus tree
  • Hebrew: מֵילָה (melá) — Fraxinus tree
  • Hidatsa: mishba — Fraxinus tree
  • Hungarian: kőris — Fraxinus tree
  • Icelandic: askur — Fraxinus tree
  • Icelandic: eski — Fraxinus tree
  • Ingrian: saarni — Fraxinus tree
  • Ingrian: saarne — Fraxinus tree
  • Irish: fuinseog — Fraxinus tree
  • Italian: frassino — Fraxinus tree
  • Japanese: 梣 (toneriko) — Fraxinus tree
  • Kaitag: цци́за (ccíza) — Fraxinus tree
  • Kaitag: пялхъу (pəlqu) — Fraxinus tree
  • Kazakh: шаған (şağan) — Fraxinus tree
  • Korean: 물푸레나무 (mulpurenamu) — Fraxinus tree
  • Central Kurdish: بِناو (binaw) — Fraxinus tree
  • Northern Kurdish: benav — Fraxinus tree
  • Latgalian: ūss — Fraxinus tree
  • Latin: fraxinus — Fraxinus tree
  • Latvian: osis — Fraxinus tree
  • Leonese: freisnu — Fraxinus tree
  • Lithuanian: uosis — Fraxinus tree
  • Low German: esch — Fraxinus tree
  • Low German: isch — Fraxinus tree
  • Macedonian: јасен (jasen) — Fraxinus tree
  • Maltese: fraxxnu — Fraxinus tree
  • Manx: unjin — Fraxinus tree
  • Māori: ahe — Fraxinus tree
  • Mingrelian: ლანჯი (lanǯi) — Fraxinus tree
  • Mingrelian: კოპიტი (ḳoṗiṭi) — Fraxinus tree
  • Mingrelian: იფონი (iponi) — Fraxinus tree
  • Moksha: сирек (sirek) — Fraxinus tree
  • Nanai: сивагдан (siwagdan) — Fraxinus tree
  • Navajo: dahbaʼ — Fraxinus tree
  • Norman: frêne — Fraxinus tree
  • Norwegian: ask — Fraxinus tree
  • Occitan: fraisse — Fraxinus tree
  • Ojibwe: aagimaak — Fraxinus tree
  • Old English: æsċ — Fraxinus tree
  • Ossetian: кӕрз (kærz) — Fraxinus tree
  • Persian: زبان گنجشک (zabân-gonješk) — Fraxinus tree
  • Persian: ون (van) — Fraxinus tree
  • Plautdietsch: Asch — Fraxinus tree
  • Polish: jesion — Fraxinus tree
  • Portuguese: freixo — Fraxinus tree
  • Romanian: frasin — Fraxinus tree
  • Romansh: fraissen — Fraxinus tree
  • Romansh: fraischen — Fraxinus tree
  • Romansh: fressen — Fraxinus tree
  • Russian: я́сень (jásenʹ) — Fraxinus tree
  • Sardinian: frassu — Fraxinus tree
  • Sardinian: oga — Fraxinus tree
  • Scottish Gaelic: uinnseann — Fraxinus tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: јасен — Fraxinus tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: jasen — Fraxinus tree
  • Slovak: jaseň — Fraxinus tree
  • Slovene: jesen — Fraxinus tree
  • Lower Sorbian: jaseń — Fraxinus tree
  • Upper Sorbian: jaseń — Fraxinus tree
  • Southern Altai: ясень (yasenʹ) — Fraxinus tree
  • Spanish: fresno — Fraxinus tree
  • Sudovian: vōsis — Fraxinus tree
  • Svan: იფ (ip) — Fraxinus tree
  • Svan: ლა̈ჯრა (läǯra) — Fraxinus tree
  • Swedish: ask — Fraxinus tree
  • Tagalog: presno — Fraxinus tree
  • Turkish: dişbudak — Fraxinus tree
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیش بوداق (diş budak) — Fraxinus tree
  • Udi: зиддаход (ziddaꭓod) — Fraxinus tree
  • Udi: ҝоьруьджнаьход (gjörüǯnäꭓod) — Fraxinus tree
  • Uzbek: shumtol — Fraxinus tree
  • Venetan: fràsene — Fraxinus tree
  • Venetan: fràsino — Fraxinus tree
  • Venetan: fràsen — Fraxinus tree
  • Venetan: fràsan — Fraxinus tree
  • Walloon: frinne — Fraxinus tree
  • Welsh: onn — Fraxinus tree
  • Woiwurrung: korr.wun — Fraxinus tree
  • Yiddish: אַשבוים (ashboym) — Fraxinus tree