bétula

Meaning

birch (any of various trees of the genus Betula)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɛ.tu.lɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Compare Italian betulla, Spanish abedul, Catalan bedoll, French bouleau.

Sentences

Peguei tábuas de madeira de bétula e trabalhei numa estante .

I took birch wood planks and worked on a bookshelf.