beech

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• /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: кӏважвацӏла (kwʼažwacʼla) — tree of genus Fagus
• Abaza: шчӏвы (šćwʼə) — tree of genus Fagus
• Abaza: шшӏы (ščʼə) — tree of genus Fagus
• Abaza: швчӏвы (šwćwʼə) — tree of genus Fagus
• Abkhaz: ашә (aŝw) — tree of genus Fagus
• Akhvakh: чинара (činara) — tree of genus Fagus
• Albanian: ah — tree of genus Fagus
• Andi: хо (xo) — tree of genus Fagus
• Arabic: مُرَّان (murrān) — tree of genus Fagus
• Arabic: زَان (zān) — tree of genus Fagus
• Arabic: زان (zān) — tree of genus Fagus
• Armenian: հաճարի (hačari) — tree of genus Fagus
• Aromanian: fag — tree of genus Fagus
• Asturian: faya — tree of genus Fagus
• Avar: чинари (činari) — tree of genus Fagus
• Azerbaijani: fıstıq — tree of genus Fagus
• Bagvalal: чинар (činar) — tree of genus Fagus
• Basque: pago — tree of genus Fagus
• Bats: წიფელ (c̣ipel) — tree of genus Fagus
• Belarusian: бук (buk) — tree of genus Fagus
• Bezhta: пипе (pipe) — tree of genus Fagus
• Botlikh: чачан гьуди (čačan hudi) — tree of genus Fagus
• Breton: faou — tree of genus Fagus
• Bulgarian: бук (buk) — tree of genus Fagus
• Catalan: faig — tree of genus Fagus
• Chechen: поп (pop) — tree of genus Fagus
• Chinese Mandarin: 山毛櫸 /山毛榉 (shānmáojǔ) — tree of genus Fagus
• Chinese Mandarin: 水青岡 /水青冈 (shuǐqīnggāng) — tree of genus Fagus
• Cornish: fawen — tree of genus Fagus
• Corsican: fagu — tree of genus Fagus
• Corsican: faiu — tree of genus Fagus
• Corsican: favu — tree of genus Fagus
• Crimean Tatar: bik — tree of genus Fagus
• Czech: buk — tree of genus Fagus
• Dalmatian: faguor — tree of genus Fagus
• Danish: bøg — tree of genus Fagus
• Danish: bøgetræ — tree of genus Fagus
• Dargwa: пурпи (purpi) — tree of genus Fagus
• Dutch: beuk — tree of genus Fagus
• Esperanto: fago — tree of genus Fagus
• Estonian: pöök — tree of genus Fagus
• Faroese: bókartræ — tree of genus Fagus
• Finnish: pyökki — tree of genus Fagus
• French: hêtre — tree of genus Fagus
• Old French: fau — tree of genus Fagus
• West-Frisian: bûk — tree of genus Fagus
• Galician: faia — tree of genus Fagus
• Gallo: faeu — tree of genus Fagus
• Georgian: წიფელი (c̣ipeli) — tree of genus Fagus
• German: Buche — tree of genus Fagus
• Greek: οξιά (oxiá) — tree of genus Fagus
• Ancient Greek: ὀξύα (oxúa) — tree of genus Fagus
• Greenlandic: orpik qisussiassaq — tree of genus Fagus
• Hebrew: אשור — tree of genus Fagus
• Hinukh: пепи (pepi) — tree of genus Fagus
• Hungarian: bükk — tree of genus Fagus
• Hunzib: пибе (pibe) — tree of genus Fagus
• Icelandic: beyki — tree of genus Fagus
• Ido: fago — tree of genus Fagus
• Ingush: поп (pop) — tree of genus Fagus
• Irish: feá — tree of genus Fagus
• Italian: faggio — tree of genus Fagus
• Japanese: 橅 (buna) — tree of genus Fagus
• Japanese: 椈 (buna) — tree of genus Fagus
• Japanese: 桕 (buna) — tree of genus Fagus
• Japanese: 橿 (buna) — tree of genus Fagus
• Kaitag: пу́рпе (púrpe) — tree of genus Fagus
• Karata: чӏеркь (č̣erƛ̣ƛ̣) — tree of genus Fagus
• Kazakh: шамшат (şamşat) — tree of genus Fagus
• Khvarshi: лала (lala) — tree of genus Fagus
• Korean: 너도밤나무 (neodobamnamu) — tree of genus Fagus
• Central Kurdish: مەران (meran) — tree of genus Fagus
• Latin: fāgus — tree of genus Fagus
• Latvian: dižskābardis — tree of genus Fagus
• Laz: წიფური (ǯipuri) — tree of genus Fagus
• Laz: წიფრა (ǯipra) — tree of genus Fagus
• Ligurian: fò — tree of genus Fagus
• Lithuanian: bukas — tree of genus Fagus
• Low German: Böök — tree of genus Fagus
• Luxembourgish: Bich — tree of genus Fagus
• Macedonian: бука (buka) — tree of genus Fagus
• Malay: bic — tree of genus Fagus
• Malay: pokok bic — tree of genus Fagus
• Manx: faaigh — tree of genus Fagus
• Māori: tawhai — tree of genus Fagus
• Mazanderani: راش (râš) — tree of genus Fagus
• Mazanderani: آلاش (âlâš) — tree of genus Fagus
• Mazanderani: چلر (čelar) — tree of genus Fagus
• Mingrelian: წიფური (c̣ipuri) — tree of genus Fagus
• Mongolian: эвэрлэг мод (everleg mod) — tree of genus Fagus
• Neapolitan: faggio — tree of genus Fagus
• Nogai: бик (bik) — tree of genus Fagus
• Norman: fau — tree of genus Fagus
• Norwegian: bøk — tree of genus Fagus
• Occitan: fau — tree of genus Fagus
• Occitan: fag — tree of genus Fagus
• Old English: bēċe — tree of genus Fagus
• Old English: bōc — tree of genus Fagus
• Old English: bōctrēow — tree of genus Fagus
• Ossetian: тӕрс (tærs) — tree of genus Fagus
• Persian: آلش (âlaš) — tree of genus Fagus
• Persian: راش (râš) — tree of genus Fagus
• Polish: buk — tree of genus Fagus
• Portuguese: faia — tree of genus Fagus
• Romanian: fag — tree of genus Fagus
• Romansh: fau — tree of genus Fagus
• Romansh: fo — tree of genus Fagus
• Russian: бук (buk) — tree of genus Fagus
• Rutul: хамк (ꭓamk) — tree of genus Fagus
• Northern Sami: beaika — tree of genus Fagus
• Sardinian: fagu — tree of genus Fagus
• Sardinian: fau — tree of genus Fagus
• Scottish Gaelic: faidhbhile — tree of genus Fagus
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̏ква — tree of genus Fagus
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕkva — tree of genus Fagus
• Sicilian: fagu — tree of genus Fagus
• Sicilian: fau — tree of genus Fagus
• Sicilian: favu — tree of genus Fagus
• Slovak: buk — tree of genus Fagus
• Slovene: bukev — tree of genus Fagus
• Lower Sorbian: buk — tree of genus Fagus
• Upper Sorbian: buk — tree of genus Fagus
• Spanish: haya — tree of genus Fagus
• Spanish: pellín — tree of genus Fagus
• Svan: წიფ (c̣ip) — tree of genus Fagus
• Svan: წიფრა (c̣ipra) — tree of genus Fagus
• Swahili: mfune — tree of genus Fagus
• Swedish: bok — tree of genus Fagus
• Tajik: олаш (olaš) — tree of genus Fagus
• Turkish: kayın — tree of genus Fagus
• Ottoman Turkish: كولكن (gülgen) — tree of genus Fagus
• Udi: пупнаход (pupnaꭓod) — tree of genus Fagus
• Ukrainian: бук (buk) — tree of genus Fagus
• Venetan: faghèr — tree of genus Fagus
• Venetan: faghèra — tree of genus Fagus
• Venetan: f — tree of genus Fagus
• Venetan: faxa — tree of genus Fagus
• Venetan: fagaro — tree of genus Fagus
• Vietnamese: cây gie gai — tree of genus Fagus
• Walloon: hesse — tree of genus Fagus
• Walloon: faw — tree of genus Fagus
• Walloon: fawea — tree of genus Fagus
• Walloon: fayinî — tree of genus Fagus
• Welsh: ffawydd — tree of genus Fagus