Phrase guide

wild service tree

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tree with edible fruit, Sorbus torminalis, native to central and southern Europe and neighboring parts of Asia and Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sorbus torminalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vadhëviçe — Sorbus torminalis
  • Arabic: غُبَيْرَاء ممغصة (ḡubayrāʔ mumaḡisa) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Basque: basagurbe — Sorbus torminalis
  • Breton: kerzhin-bod — Sorbus torminalis
  • Bulgarian: брекина (brekina) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Catalan: moixera de pastor — Sorbus torminalis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 野生楸樹 /野生楸树 (je5 saang1 cau1 syu6) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Czech: jeřáb břek — Sorbus torminalis
  • Czech: břek — Sorbus torminalis
  • Czech: břekyně — Sorbus torminalis
  • Danish: tarmvridrøn — Sorbus torminalis
  • Dutch: elsbes — Sorbus torminalis
  • Esperanto: adstringa sorpujo — Sorbus torminalis
  • Esperanto: adstringa sorbuso — Sorbus torminalis
  • Finnish: etelänpihlaja — Sorbus torminalis
  • French: alisier torminal — Sorbus torminalis
  • French: alisier des bois — Sorbus torminalis
  • French: sorbier alisier — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: raño — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: capudrio — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: canfreixo — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: cornabude — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: carnabudo — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: sorbeira — Sorbus torminalis
  • Galician: sorba — Sorbus torminalis
  • Georgian: თამელი (tameli) — Sorbus torminalis
  • German: Elsbeere — Sorbus torminalis
  • Greek: σουρβιά η δυσεντερική (sourviá i dysenterikí) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Hungarian: barkócaberkenye — Sorbus torminalis
  • Hungarian: barkócafa — Sorbus torminalis
  • Hungarian: barkóca — Sorbus torminalis
  • Icelandic: flipareynir — Sorbus torminalis
  • Irish: crann soirb fiáin — Sorbus torminalis
  • Italian: ciavardello — Sorbus torminalis
  • Italian: baccarello — Sorbus torminalis
  • Italian: sorbezzolo — Sorbus torminalis
  • Latin: sorbus — Sorbus torminalis
  • Luxembourgish: Elsbier — Sorbus torminalis
  • Macedonian: бре́кина (brékina) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Manx: billey greimmey — Sorbus torminalis
  • Mazanderani: الندری (alandari) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Mazanderani: المدلی (alamdali) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Mazanderani: گارن (gâren) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Norwegian: tarmvriasal — Sorbus torminalis
  • Occitan: arièr negre — Sorbus torminalis
  • Ossetian: тамачъи (tamaḱ’i) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Persian: بارانک (bârânak) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Polish: jarząb brekinia — Sorbus torminalis
  • Polish: brzęk — Sorbus torminalis
  • Portuguese: mostajeiro — Sorbus torminalis
  • Romanian: sorb — Sorbus torminalis
  • Romansh: sorber grond — Sorbus torminalis
  • Russian: бере́ка (beréka) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Russian: рябина глоговина (rjabina glogovina) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Slovak: jarabina brekyňová — Sorbus torminalis
  • Slovak: brekyňa — Sorbus torminalis
  • Slovene: brek — Sorbus torminalis
  • Lower Sorbian: brjok — Sorbus torminalis
  • Upper Sorbian: brěčica — Sorbus torminalis
  • Spanish: serbal silvestre — Sorbus torminalis
  • Spanish: sorbo silvestre — Sorbus torminalis
  • Spanish: mostajo de perucos — Sorbus torminalis
  • Swedish: tyskoxel — Sorbus torminalis
  • Turkish: akçaağaç yapraklı üvez — Sorbus torminalis
  • Ukrainian: берека (bereka) — Sorbus torminalis
  • Welsh: cerddin — Sorbus torminalis