birch

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
3. (countable, uncountable) A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
4. (countable, uncountable) A birch-bark canoe.

Verb

1. (transitive) To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
2. (transitive) To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Conceitos

bétula

vidoeiro

vido

bédulo

bétel

vara de marmelo

Betula

vidoeiro-branco

vara

verga

vergasta

bater com vara

Sinônimos

birch tree

birchen

birken

birch rod

switch

rod

whip

birch wood

twig

Betula

flog

scourge

sprig

staff

stick

flail

tree

🌳

birchwood

wand

flagellate

wicker

withe

withy

birch-tree

cowhide

buff

hunting crop

silver birch

yellow birch

betulaceous

knock about

lather

Traduções

bouleau

betulla

abedul

Birke

berk

bedoll

σημύδα

huş

berkeboom

betula

beç

Hänge-Birke

βέργα

Sandbirke

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bɜːtʃ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: birche

Herdado de inglês arcaico: birċe

Cognato com frísio ocidental: bjirk

Cognato com alemão: Birke

Cognato com holandês: berk

Cognato com sueco: björk

Cognato com norueguês: bjørk

Cognato com sânscrito: भूर्ज

Cognato com lituano: béržas

Cognato com tcheco: bříza

Cognato com osseto: бӕрз

Cognato com russo: берёза

Cognato com latim: fraxinus

Cognato com albanês: bredh

In summary

PIE word
*bʰerHǵós
From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.
Cognates
Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh.