timber

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈtɪˑmˌbəː]
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• General-American: tĭmʹbər
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• General-American: /ˈtɪmbɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː]
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• rhymes with -ɪmbə(ɹ)
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• homophone: timbre (for one US pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: T IH1 M B ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)). Cognates Cognate with Dutch timmer (“building, construction; chamber, room”), German Zimmer (“room, timber”), Luxembourgish Zëmmer (“room”), Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “room”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tømmer (“timber”), Faroese and Icelandic timbur (“timber, wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk timber, tymbur, tømmer (“timber”), Swedish timmer (“timber”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timbrjan), 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build, construct; to edify, strengthen”); also Breton danvez (“material, matter; fabric; fortune, wealth”), Cornish devnydh (“inhredient, material, stuff; use”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna (“matter”), Welsh defnydd (“material, stuff; gear, implement, instrument; application; cause, occasion, reason”), Latin domus (“home, house”), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house; household”), Albanian dhomë (“chamber, room”), Latgalian noms (“house”), Latvian nams (“house”), Lithuanian namas (“house”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian дом (dom, “home, house”), Czech dům (“house”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene dom (“home, house”), Serbo-Croatian до̑м, dȏm (“home, house”), Ukrainian дім (dim, “home, house; building”), Armenian տուն (tun, “home, house; family, household”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨 (dam, “house”), Sanskrit दम् (dam, “house”), दम (dama, “home”).

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَشَب! (ḵašab) — warning shout used by loggers
• Dutch: onderuit! — warning shout used by loggers
• Dutch: van onderen — warning shout used by loggers
• Finnish: puu kaatuu! — warning shout used by loggers
• French: gare! — warning shout used by loggers
• French: attention! — warning shout used by loggers
• German: Baum fällt! — warning shout used by loggers
• Hungarian: dől a fa! — warning shout used by loggers
• Icelandic: timbur! — warning shout used by loggers
• Portuguese: madeira! — warning shout used by loggers
• Russian: побереги́сь! (poberegísʹ) — warning shout used by loggers
• Serbo-Croatian: drvo pada! — warning shout used by loggers
• Spanish: fuera abajo — warning shout used by loggers
• Spanish: árbol va — warning shout used by loggers
• Spanish: tronco va — warning shout used by loggers
• Swahili: mbao — warning shout used by loggers
• Swedish: timmer! — warning shout used by loggers
• Thai: ไม้ล้ม (mái lóm) — warning shout used by loggers
• Arabic: خَشَب (ḵašab) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Armenian: անտառանյութ (antaṙanyutʻ) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Armenian: փայտանյութ (pʻaytanyutʻ) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Azerbaijani: oduncaq — trees considered as a source of wood
• Belarusian: драўні́на (drawnína) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Bulgarian: дъ́рвен материа́л (dǎ́rven materiál) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Burmese: သစ် (sac) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Catalan: fusta — trees considered as a source of wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 木材 (mùcái) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Danish: tømmer — trees considered as a source of wood
• Dutch: kaphout — trees considered as a source of wood
• Dutch: hout — trees considered as a source of wood
• Finnish: puu — trees considered as a source of wood
• Finnish: puusto — trees considered as a source of wood
• French: bois — trees considered as a source of wood
• French: arbres — trees considered as a source of wood
• Galician: madeira — trees considered as a source of wood
• German: Holz — trees considered as a source of wood
• German: Nutzholz — trees considered as a source of wood
• Greek: ξυλεία (xyleía) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Icelandic: viður — trees considered as a source of wood
• Icelandic: timbur — trees considered as a source of wood
• Irish: adhmad — trees considered as a source of wood
• Italian: legno — trees considered as a source of wood
• Japanese: 木材 (mokuzai) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Japanese: 材木 (zaimoku) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Kazakh: бөрене (börene) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Korean: 목재 (mokjae) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Korean: 제목 (jemok) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Northern Kurdish: dar — trees considered as a source of wood
• Lithuanian: mediena — trees considered as a source of wood
• Lithuanian: rąstas — trees considered as a source of wood
• Malay: balak — trees considered as a source of wood
• Malayalam: മരം (maraṁ) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Marshallese: aļaļ — trees considered as a source of wood
• Munsee: ăpánzhuy — trees considered as a source of wood
• Norwegian Bokmål: tømmer — trees considered as a source of wood
• Old English: timber — trees considered as a source of wood
• Iranian Persian: اَلْوار (alvâr) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Polish: drzewa — trees considered as a source of wood
• Portuguese: madeira — trees considered as a source of wood
• Russian: лес на корню́ (les na kornjú) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Russian: строево́й лес (strojevój les) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Russian: древеси́на (drevesína) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Sanskrit: काष्ठ (kāṣṭha) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Serbo-Croatian: дрва — trees considered as a source of wood
• Serbo-Croatian: drva — trees considered as a source of wood
• Spanish: madera — trees considered as a source of wood
• Spanish: leña — trees considered as a source of wood
• Swahili: mbao — trees considered as a source of wood
• Swedish: trä — trees considered as a source of wood
• Telugu: కలప (kalapa) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Turkish: kerestelik orman — trees considered as a source of wood
• Turkish: ahşap — trees considered as a source of wood
• Ukrainian: деревина́ (derevyná) — trees considered as a source of wood
• Welsh: pren — trees considered as a source of wood
• Arabic: خَشَب (ḵašab) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Armenian: ատաղձ (ataġj) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Armenian: շինափայտ (šinapʻayt) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Armenian: փայտանյութ (pʻaytanyutʻ) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Armenian: փայտեղեն (pʻayteġen) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Belarusian: лесаматэрыя́л (ljesamateryjál) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Bulgarian: дърво́ (dǎrvó) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Bulgarian: дъ́рвен материа́л (dǎ́rven materiál) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Burmese: သစ် (sac) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Chinese Mandarin: 木料 (mùliào) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Chinese Mandarin: 木材 (mùcái) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Dutch: hout — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Dutch: timmerhout — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Finnish: puu — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Finnish: puutavara — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• French: bois de charpente — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• French: bois de construction — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• French: bois de menuiserie — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Galician: madeira — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• German: Holz — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• German: Bauholz — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• German: Schnittholz — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• German: Konstruktionsholz — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• German: Konstruktionsvollholz — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Greek: ξυλεία (xyleía) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Hungarian: épületfa — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Icelandic: viður — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Icelandic: timbur — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Italian: legname — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Japanese: 材木 (zaimoku) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Japanese: 木材 (mokuzai) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Korean: 재목 (jaemok) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Northern Kurdish: dar — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Luhya: embao — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Malayalam: മരം (maraṁ) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Marshallese: aļaļ — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Meru: mpao — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Norwegian Bokmål: trevirke — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Old English: timber — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Polish: drewno — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Portuguese: madeira — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Romanian: cherestea — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Russian: пиломатериа́лы (pilomateriály) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Russian: лесоматериа́л (lesomateriál) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Russian: деревоматериа́л (derevomateriál) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Sanskrit: काष्ठ (kāṣṭha) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Sanskrit: दारु (dāru) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Scottish Gaelic: fiodh — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Serbo-Croatian: др̏во — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Serbo-Croatian: dȑvo — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Spanish: leño — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Spanish: madero — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Swahili: mbao — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Swedish: virke — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Swedish: timmer — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Tagalog: baol — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Telugu: కలప (kalapa) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Turkish: kereste — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Ottoman Turkish: كرسته (kereste) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Ukrainian: лісоматеріа́л (lisomateriál) — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Walloon: mairin — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Walloon: bwès d' tcherpinte — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Welsh: pren — wood that has been cut ready for construction
• Armenian: գերան (geran) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Armenian: հեծան (hecan) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Bulgarian: греда́ (gredá) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Catalan: biga — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Dutch: dakbalk — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Dutch: balk — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Finnish: hirsi — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Finnish: kurkihirsi — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• French: madrier — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• French: poutre — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• French: membrure [ship] — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Galician: trabe — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• German: Stiel — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• German: Balken — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• German: Säule — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• German: Stütze — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Greek: δοκάρι (dokári) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Irish: ánshraith — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Japanese: 梁 (hari) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Korean: 들보 (deulbo) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Northern Kurdish: karîte — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Norwegian Bokmål: takbjelke — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Portuguese: viga — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Russian: ба́лка (bálka) — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Serbo-Croatian: stalak — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Spanish: madero — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Spanish: viga — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Spanish: polín — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship
• Swahili: mbao — beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship