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larch

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːtʃ/
  • General-American: /ˈlɑɹt͡ʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 R CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves in fascicles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • 1716, Nicholas Rowe (translator), The Ninth Book of Lucan in John Dryden, Miscellany Poems, London: Jacob Tonson, Volume 6, p. 67, The Gummy Larch-Tree, and the Thapsos there, Wound-wort and Maiden-weed, perfume the Air.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Wood of the larch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: larch tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conifer, coniferous tree

Narrower terms: American larch, tamarack, black larch, Larix laricina, western larch, western tamarack, Oregon larch, Larix occidentalis, subalpine larch, Larix lyallii, European larch, Larix decidua, Siberian larch, Larix siberica, Larix russica

5

noun

Meaning 5

wood of a larch tree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wood

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Larch.

From early modern German Larche, Lärche, from Middle High German larche, from Old High German larihha, from Proto-West Germanic *larikā, an early borrowing from Latin larix, from Ancient Greek λάριξ (lárix), itself possibly of Gaulish origin.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: խեժափիճի (xežapʻiči) — a coniferous tree
  • Azerbaijani: qara şam — a coniferous tree
  • Bashkir: ҡарағас (qarağas) — a coniferous tree
  • Basque: laritz — a coniferous tree
  • Belarusian: лісто́ўніца (listównica) — a coniferous tree
  • Bulgarian: ли́ственица (lístvenica) — a coniferous tree
  • Catalan: làrix — a coniferous tree
  • Chechen: бага (baga) — a coniferous tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 落葉松 /落叶松 (luòyèsōng) — a coniferous tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅杉 /红杉 (hóngshān) — a coniferous tree
  • Chuvash: ҫемҫе чӑрӑш (śemś̬e č̬ărăš) — a coniferous tree
  • Czech: modřín — a coniferous tree
  • Danish: lærk — a coniferous tree
  • Danish: lærketræ — a coniferous tree
  • Dutch: lariks — a coniferous tree
  • Dutch: lork — a coniferous tree
  • Esperanto: lariko — a coniferous tree
  • Estonian: lehis — a coniferous tree
  • Even: хіакіта — a coniferous tree
  • Faroese: lerk — a coniferous tree
  • Faroese: lerkartræ — a coniferous tree
  • Finnish: lehtikuusi — a coniferous tree
  • French: mélèze — a coniferous tree
  • Galician: pradio — a coniferous tree
  • Galician: lárice — a coniferous tree
  • Georgian: ლარიქსი (lariksi) — a coniferous tree
  • Georgian: რბილწიწვიანი (rbilc̣ic̣viani) — a coniferous tree
  • German: Lärche — a coniferous tree
  • Greek: λάρικας (lárikas) — a coniferous tree
  • Ancient Greek: λάριξ (lárix) — a coniferous tree
  • Hungarian: vörösfenyő — a coniferous tree
  • Icelandic: lerki — a coniferous tree
  • Icelandic: lerkitré — a coniferous tree
  • Ingrian: saksankuusi — a coniferous tree
  • Irish: learóg — a coniferous tree
  • Italian: larice — a coniferous tree
  • Japanese: カラマツ (karamatsu) — a coniferous tree
  • Japanese: 唐松 (karamatsu) — a coniferous tree
  • Japanese: 落葉松 (karamatsu) — a coniferous tree
  • Japanese: グイマツ (guimatsu) — a coniferous tree
  • Kazakh: балқарағай (balqarağai) — a coniferous tree
  • Komi-Zyrian: ниа (ńia) — a coniferous tree
  • Korean: 낙엽송 (nagyeopsong) — a coniferous tree
  • Kyrgyz: тыт (tıt) — a coniferous tree
  • Latin: larix — a coniferous tree
  • Lithuanian: maumedis — a coniferous tree
  • Macedonian: ариш (ariš) — a coniferous tree
  • Eastern Mari: лыстанпӱнчӧ (lystanpünčö) — a coniferous tree
  • Mongolian: шинэс (šines) — a coniferous tree
  • Mongolian: харгай (xargaj) — a coniferous tree
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠨᠠᠰᠦ (sinasü) — a coniferous tree
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠭᠠᠢ (qarɣai) — a coniferous tree
  • Norman: mélèze — a coniferous tree
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lerk — a coniferous tree
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lerk — a coniferous tree
  • Ossetian: сыфнӕзы (syfnæzy) — a coniferous tree
  • Persian: سیاهکاج (siyâh-kâj) — a coniferous tree
  • Polish: modrzew — a coniferous tree
  • Portuguese: larice — a coniferous tree
  • Portuguese: lariço — a coniferous tree
  • Portuguese: alerce — a coniferous tree
  • Romanian: zadă — a coniferous tree
  • Romanian: larice — a coniferous tree
  • Russian: ли́ственница (lístvennica) — a coniferous tree
  • Scottish Gaelic: learag — a coniferous tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: ариш — a coniferous tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: ariš — a coniferous tree
  • Slovak: smrekovec — a coniferous tree
  • Slovene: macesen — a coniferous tree
  • Lower Sorbian: larik — a coniferous tree
  • Upper Sorbian: larik — a coniferous tree
  • Spanish: alerce — a coniferous tree
  • Spanish: lárice — a coniferous tree
  • Swedish: lärk — a coniferous tree
  • Swedish: lärkträd — a coniferous tree
  • Tagalog: alerses — a coniferous tree
  • Tatar: карагач (qarağaç) — a coniferous tree
  • Turkish: melez — a coniferous tree
  • Turkish: melezi — a coniferous tree
  • Ukrainian: модри́на (modrýna) — a coniferous tree
  • Ukrainian: ли́ствениця (lýstvenycja) — a coniferous tree
  • Vietnamese: thông rụng lá — a coniferous tree
  • Welsh: llarwydd — a coniferous tree
  • Yakut: тиит (tiit) — a coniferous tree
  • Bashkir: ҡарағас (qarağas) — the wood of the larch
  • Bulgarian: ли́ственица (lístvenica) — the wood of the larch
  • Dutch: larikshout — the wood of the larch
  • Finnish: lehtikuusi — the wood of the larch
  • German: Lärche — the wood of the larch
  • German: Lärchenholz — the wood of the larch
  • Hungarian: vörösfenyő — the wood of the larch
  • Russian: ли́ственница (lístvennica) — the wood of the larch
  • Spanish: alerce — the wood of the larch
  • Ukrainian: модри́на (modrýna) — the wood of the larch
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