heath

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
4. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
7. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
8. (countable, uncountable) Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
9. (countable, uncountable) Any butterfly or moth of species:
10. (countable, uncountable) Any butterfly or moth of species:
11. (countable, uncountable) Any butterfly or moth of species:
12. (countable, uncountable) Any butterfly or moth of species:
13. (countable, uncountable) Any butterfly or moth of species:

Synonyms

moor

heather

heathland

wasteland

wetland

bog

fen

marsh

marshland

morass

moorland

quag

quagmire

swamp

grass tree

briar

brier

broom

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field

ling

wilderness

wold

Ericaceae

Scots heather

badlands

Translations

lande

Heide

heide

bruyère

brezo

landa

heideveld

brughiera

charneca

dopheide

hei

urze

dophei

erica

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hiːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: heeth

Inherited from Old English: hǣþ

Cognate with Dutch: heide

Cognate with German: Heide

Cognate with Norwegian: hei

Cognate with Swedish: hed

Cognate with Old Welsh: coit

Cognate with Welsh: coed

Cognate with Latin: bucetum

In summary

From Middle English heeth, heth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”).
Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).