hornbeam

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːnbiːm/
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• General-American: /ˈhoɹnˌbim/
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From Late Middle English hornbeme, hernbem, hernebem (“European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)”), from horn (“antler or horn of an animal; etc.”) + bem (“tree; piece of metal, wood, etc.”) (referring to a tree with wood as hard as horn): * Horn is from Old English horn (“horn”), from Proto-West Germanic *horn (“horn”), from Proto-Germanic *hurną (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh2- (“horn; head, top”). * Bem is from Old English bēam (“tree; piece of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum (“tree; piece of wood”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (“tree; piece of wood”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bhh2ǵh-mo-s (“branch”) or *bhuH- (“to appear; to be; to become; to grow”). By surface analysis, horn + beam (“only in compounds: tree”).

From horn + beam (“principal stem of the antler of a deer; ray of light”).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: хьаца (xjaca) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Albanian: shkozë — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Armenian: բոխի (boxi) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Aromanian: carpin — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Aromanian: scodã — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Aromanian: gavru — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Aromanian: cãrãnti — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Avar: лъор (lsor) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Azerbaijani: vələs — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Azerbaijani: ulas — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Bats: კარცხილ (ḳarcxil) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Belarusian: граб (hrab) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Bezhta: гьой (hoj) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Bulgarian: габър (gabǎr) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Catalan: carpí — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Chechen: пха (pxa) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Chinese Mandarin: 鵝耳櫪 /鹅耳枥 (é'ěrlì) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Czech: habr — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Dutch: haagbeuk — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Esperanto: karpeno — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Finnish: valkopyökki — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Franco-Provençal: charpena — tree of the genus Carpinus
• French: charme — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Friulian: çamar — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Galician: carpe — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Georgian: რცხილა (rcxila) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• German: Hainbuche — tree of the genus Carpinus
• German: Weißbuche — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Greek: γάβρος (gávros) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Greek: καρπίνος (karpínos) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Ancient Greek: γάβρος (gábros) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Hungarian: gyertyán — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Ido: karpino — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Ingush: пхьан (pḥran) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Irish: crann sleamhain — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Istriot: carpano — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Italian: carpino — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Japanese: 四手 — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Japanese: 垂 (shide) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Judeo-Tat: велес (veles) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Kaitag: ши́лла (šílla) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Korean: 서어나무 (seo'eonamu) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Latin: carpinus — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Latvian: skābardis — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Laz: ცხემური (ʒxemuri) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Lezgi: гийин (gijin) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Lithuanian: skroblas — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Low German: Haböök — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Low German: Wittböök — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Macedonian: габер (gaber) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Megleno-Romanian: carpin — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Mingrelian: ცხიმური (cximuri) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Norman: charmille — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Occitan: calpre — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Ossetian: фатхъӕд (fatqæd) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Persian: ممرز (mamraz) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Persian: کرزل (korzel) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Polish: grab — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Portuguese: carpino — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Romanian: carpen — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Russian: граб (grab) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Sicilian: càrpinu — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Slovak: hrab — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Slovene: beli gaber — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Slovene: navadni gaber — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Lower Sorbian: grab — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Spanish: carpe — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Svan: ცხუმ (cxum) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Swedish: avenbok — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Swedish: annbok — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Tabasaran: мухь (mux) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Turkish: gürgen — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Ukrainian: граб (hrab) — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Venetan: càrpano — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Venetan: càrpane — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Venetan: càrpen — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Walloon: tchårnale — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Walloon: tchårnea — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Walloon: tchåne — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Welsh: oestrwydden — tree of the genus Carpinus
• Finnish: valkopyökki — wood of these trees or one species of them; sample of such wood