name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlɑːtʃ/
General-American:/ˈlɑɹt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
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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