copse

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
2. Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
3. Any woodland or woodlot.

Verb

1. (transitive) To trim or cut.
2. (transitive) To plant and preserve.

Concepts

taillis

boqueteau

bois

🪵

bosquet

maquis

petit bois

broussailles

fourré

bois en taillis

bocage

brousse

forêt

Synonymes

grove

coppice

thicket

woods

brushwood

brush

bush

forest

boscage

small wood

holt

shrubbery

spinney

wood

🪵

grove of mixed trees

tree group

coppice wood

dwarf thicket

brake

bushes

chaparral

clump

crowd

herd

jungle

orchard

scrub

shrub

Traductions

Wäldchen

Dickicht

soto

boscaglia

bosco ceduo

fratta

boschetto

Hain

Gehölz

matorral

Gestrüpp

Unterholz

bosje

bosschage

Gebüsch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɒps/

Étymologie (Anglais)

1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.