birch

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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ
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• Received-Pronunciation: bû(r)ch
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɜːtʃ/
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• US: bû(r)ch
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• US: /bɝt͡ʃ/
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PIE word *bherHǵós From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bherHǵos. Cognates Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh.

223 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аҵааҵла (acʼaacʼla) — tree
• Ainu: タッニ (tatni) — tree
• Albanian: mështekër — tree
• Albanian: baloshe — tree
• Albanian: mështekën — tree
• Southern Altai: кайыҥ (kayïŋ) — tree
• Arabic: بَتُولَا (batūlā) — tree
• Aragonese: abetullo — tree
• Armenian: կեչի (kečʻi) — tree
• Aromanian: pilpet — tree
• Aromanian: misteacãn — tree
• Azerbaijani: tozağacı — tree
• Bashkir: ҡайын (qayın) — tree
• Basque: urki — tree
• Bats: გალ (gal) — tree
• Belarusian: бяро́за (bjaróza) — tree
• Bengali: ভূর্জ (bhūrjô) — tree
• Bulgarian: бреза́ (brezá) — tree
• Catalan: bedoll — tree
• Catalan: beç — tree
• Chechen: дакх (daq) — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 樺樹 /桦树 (huàshù) — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 樺 /桦 (huà) — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 樺木 /桦木 (huàmù) — tree
• Chukchi: выԓгиԓ (vyḷgiḷ) — tree
• East Circassian: пхъэхуей (pꭓɛxwujej) — tree
• Cornish: besow — tree
• Cornish: besowen — tree
• Corsican: biolu — tree
• Corsican: violu — tree
• Crimean Tatar: aqqayın — tree
• Crimean Tatar: акъкъайын (aqqayın) — tree
• Czech: bříza — tree
• Old Czech: břieza — tree
• Danish: birk — tree
• Daur: caalbaang — tree
• Dolgan: катыӈ (katıŋ) — tree
• Dutch: berk — tree
• Esperanto: betulo — tree
• Estonian: kask — tree
• Estonian: kõiv — tree
• Even: ча̄лбан (cālʙan) — tree
• Evenki: чалбан (çalban) — tree
• Faroese: bjørk — tree
• Faroese: birki — tree
• Finnish: koivu — tree
• Finnish: koivupuu — tree
• French: bouleau — tree
• Galician: bidueiro — tree
• Galician: bídalo — tree
• Galician: bido — tree
• Galician: bedulo — tree
• Galician: biduído — tree
• Georgian: არყი (arq̇i) — tree
• German: Birke — tree
• Greek: σημύδα (simýda) — tree
• Greenlandic: orpik — tree
• Gwich'in: aat'oo — tree
• Hebrew: שַׁדָּר (shaddár) — tree
• Hebrew: לִבְנֶה (livné) — tree
• Hungarian: nyír — tree
• Hungarian: nyírfa — tree
• Icelandic: björk — tree
• Icelandic: birki — tree
• Icelandic: birkitré — tree
• Ingrian: koivu — tree
• Inupiaq: urgiiḷiq — tree
• Irish: beith — tree
• Italian: betulla — tree
• Japanese: 樺の木 (kabanoki) — tree
• Japanese: 樺 (kaba) — tree
• Kaitag: ма́хъва (máqva) — tree
• Kalmyk: хусм (xusm) — tree
• Kazakh: қайың (qaiyñ) — tree
• Ket: усь — tree
• Khakas: хазың (xazıñ) — tree
• Khowar: بوُڑی (buɫí) — tree
• Korean: 자작나무 (jajang-namu) — tree
• Korean: 박달나무 (bakdal-lamu) — tree
• Kumyk: макъар (maqar) — tree
• Kyrgyz: кайың (kayıŋ) — tree
• Lak: кӏялахӏи (kʼaʕlaħi) — tree
• Lak: мархъ (marq) — tree
• Latgalian: bārzs — tree
• Latin: betula — tree
• Latvian: bērzs — tree
• Laz: ხჩეჯა (xçeca) — tree
• Lezgi: верх (verꭓ) — tree
• Lithuanian: beržas — tree
• Low German: Bark — tree
• Luxembourgish: Bierk — tree
• Macedonian: бреза (breza) — tree
• Manchu: ᡧᠠᠵᡳᠯᠠᠨ (šajilan) — tree
• Manx: billey-beih — tree
• Mingrelian: ჭყერია (č̣q̇eria) — tree
• Mingrelian: ბულიშ ცხიმური (buliš cximuri) — tree
• Mingrelian: გვალიში ბული (gvališi buli) — tree
• Mongghul: jariai xjuusi — tree
• Mongolian: хус ᠬᠤᠰᠤ (xus) — tree
• Mongolian: хус мод ᠬᠤᠰᠤ ᠮᠣᠳᠤ (xus mod) — tree
• Nanai: пиагда̄н (piagdān) — tree
• Navajo: kʼishchííʼ — tree
• Navajo: naʼazhǫǫsh — tree
• Nivkh: ӿивс (hivs) — tree
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjørk — tree
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjerk — tree
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørk — tree
• Occitan: beç — tree
• Occitan: bedol — tree
• Ojibwe: wiigwaas — tree
• Okanagan: qwəqwłín' — tree
• Church Slavic: брѣза (brěza) — tree
• Old East Slavic: береза (bereza) — tree
• Old East Slavic: брѣза (brěza) — tree
• Old English: bierċe — tree
• Oroqen: tʃa꞉lban — tree
• Ossetian: бӕрз (bærz) — tree
• Persian: توس (tus) — tree
• Persian: غان (ġân) — tree
• Plautdietsch: Boakj — tree
• Polabian: breză — tree
• Polish: brzoza — tree
• Portuguese: bétula — tree
• Portuguese: vidoeiro — tree
• Romanian: mesteacăn — tree
• Romansh: badugn — tree
• Russian: берёза (berjóza) — tree
• Sanskrit: भूर्ज (bhūrja) — tree
• Scots: birk — tree
• Scottish Gaelic: beith — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: бреза — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: breza — tree
• Shor: қазың (k̂azıŋ) — tree
• Slovak: breza — tree
• Slovene: breza — tree
• Slovincian: brzôza — tree
• Solon: qaalbang — tree
• Solon: saalbang — tree
• Lower Sorbian: brjaza — tree
• Upper Sorbian: brěza — tree
• Spanish: abedul — tree
• Squamish: qwéłiʔn — tree
• Sudovian: berze — tree
• Svan: ჟა̈ჴუ̂რა (žäqûra) — tree
• Swahili: mbetula — tree
• Swedish: björk — tree
• Tagalog: abedul — tree
• Taos: tų́łęną — tree
• Tatar: каен (qayın) — tree
• Tibetan: སྟག་པ — tree
• Tofa: ӄадыӈ (qadyň) — tree
• Turkish: huş — tree
• Turkish: huş ağacı — tree
• Ottoman Turkish: هوش (huş) — tree
• Ottoman Turkish: آق آغاج (ak ağac) — tree
• Tuvan: хадың (xadıñ) — tree
• Ukrainian: бере́за (beréza) — tree
• Uyghur: قېيىن (qëyin) — tree
• Uzbek: qayin — tree
• Venetan: brèdoła — tree
• Vietnamese: bạch dương class cây — tree
• Võro: kõiv — tree
• Welsh: bedwen — tree
• Written Oirat: ᡍᡇᠰᡇᠨ (xusun) — tree
• Written Oirat: ᡍᡇᠰᡇᡏ (xusum) — tree
• Yakut: хатыҥ (qatïŋ) — tree
• Yiddish: בערעזע (bereze) — tree
• Yiddish: בעריאָזע (beryoze) — tree
• Northern Yukaghir: йааң (jaaŋ) — tree
• Azerbaijani: tozağacı — wood
• Catalan: bedoll — wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 樺木 /桦木 (huàmù) — wood
• Danish: birk — wood
• Dutch: berk — wood
• Finnish: koivu — wood
• Finnish: koivupuu — wood
• Hungarian: nyírfa — wood
• Icelandic: birki — wood
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjerk — wood
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjørk — wood
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørk — wood
• Portuguese: bétula — wood
• Russian: берёза (berjóza) — wood
• Spanish: abedul — wood
• Swahili: ubao wa mbetula — wood
• Swedish: björk — wood
• Tagalog: abedul — wood
• Turkish: huş — wood
• Esperanto: vergo — punishment device
• Finnish: vitsa — punishment device
• Finnish: koivuvitsa — punishment device
• Finnish: Koivuniemen herra — punishment device
• French: badine — punishment device
• French: baguette — punishment device
• French: verge — punishment device
• Norwegian Bokmål: ris — punishment device
• Norwegian Bokmål: stokk — punishment device
• Polish: rózga — punishment device
• Russian: ро́зга (rózga) — punishment device
• Russian: прут (prut) — punishment device
• Turkish: huş sopası — punishment device
• Turkish: huş kırbacı — punishment device
• Ukrainian: рі́зка (rízka) — punishment device
• Ukrainian: лози́на (lozýna) — punishment device
• Ukrainian: лоза́ (lozá) — punishment device
• Finnish: tuohikanootti — birch-bark canoe
• Turkish: huş kayığı — birch-bark canoe
• Turkish: huş kanosu — birch-bark canoe
• Esperanto: vergi — to punish with a birch
• Finnish: piiskata — to punish with a birch
• French: verger — to punish with a birch
• Latvian: pērt — to punish with a birch
• Latvian: sukāt — to punish with a birch
• Russian: сечь розгами (sečʹ rozgami) — to punish with a birch
• Ukrainian: шмага́ти (šmaháty) — to punish with a birch
• Ukrainian: відшмага́ти (vidšmaháty) — to punish with a birch
• Ukrainian: ви́шмагати (výšmahaty) — to punish with a birch
• Ukrainian: пошмага́ти (pošmaháty) — to punish with a birch
• Ukrainian: нашмага́ти (našmaháty) — to punish with a birch
• Esperanto: vergado — to punish as if one were using a birch
• Finnish: piiskata — to punish as if one were using a birch
• Latvian: pērt — to punish as if one were using a birch
• Latvian: sukāt — to punish as if one were using a birch