name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
osier
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊzɪə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊʒə/
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General-American: /ˈoʊʒəɹ/
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rhymes with -əʊʒə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A willow, of species Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America, considered the best willow for wickerwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common osier
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any kind of willow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: willow, willow tree
Narrower terms: golden willow, Salix alba vitellina, Salix vitellina, almond willow, black Hollander, Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina, purple willow, red willow, red osier, basket willow, purple osier, Salix purpurea, common osier, hemp willow, velvet osier, Salix viminalis
noun
Meaning 6
flexible twig of a willow 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: withe, withy
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Osier, from the noun osier (“willow tree”). Also altered from Auger and Ager. Compare Losier.
Borrowed from French osier (“basket willow, withy”)
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: тал (tal) — plant
- Bulgarian: ракита (rakita) — plant
- Catalan: vimetera — plant
- Czech: vrba košíkářská — plant
- Dutch: katwilg — plant
- Finnish: koripaju — plant
- French: saule des vanniers — plant
- Galician: vimieiro — plant
- Galician: vimbieira — plant
- Galician: xalce — plant
- Galician: sarga — plant
- Galician: trogalleiro — plant
- Galician: brimial — plant
- Galician: xarxeira — plant
- German: Korb-Weide — plant
- Greek: λυγαριά (lygariá) — plant
- Ancient Greek: οἶσος (oîsos) — plant
- Icelandic: körfuvíðir — plant
- Irish: saileánach — plant
- Italian: vimini — plant
- Latin: vīmen — plant
- Macedonian: ракита (rakita) — plant
- Portuguese: vimeiro — plant
- Romanian: răchită — plant
- Romanian: mlajă — plant
- Russian: и́ва прутовидная (íva prutovidnaja) — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: бе̏ква — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: бје̏ква — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: bȅkva — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: bjȅkva — plant
- Spanish: mimbre — plant
- Spanish: mimbrera — plant
- Spanish: mimbrera blanca — plant
- Swedish: korgvide — plant
- Czech: houžev — twig
- Czech: proutí — twig
- Czech: vrbový prut — twig
- Czech: vrboví — twig
- Finnish: koripaju — twig
- Galician: vime — twig
- Galician: vimbio — twig
- Galician: bringa — twig
- Galician: buíño — twig
- Galician: guineita — twig
- Galician: guimia — twig
- Galician: trogallo — twig
- Galician: brime — twig
- Italian: vimine — twig
- Portuguese: vime — twig
- Romanian: mlajă — twig
- Russian: и́ва (íva) — twig
- Scottish Gaelic: gad — twig
- Spanish: mimbre — twig