quercus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, declension-4) an oak, oak-tree, especially the Italian oak
2. (declension-2, declension-4, poetic) something made from oak wood (e.g., an oaken ship, an oaken javelin, etc.)

Concepts

oak

oak tree

oak wood

Orc

roble beech

dike

coigüe beech

dyke

Synonyms

rōbur

ilex

robur

aesculus

Translations

Eiche

roble

chêne

quercia

carvalho

roure

meşe

eik

بلوط

casse

δρυς

سنديان

βαλανιδιά

βελανιδιά

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkʷɛr.kʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kʷerkus, assimilated from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”). Compare Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”). See also English fir.