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語源

From 中期英語 beche, from 古期英語 bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/, [ˈbɪi̯t͡ʃ]
• 韻: -iːtʃ
• ハイフネーション: beech
• Homophone: beach

名詞

beech (plural beeches)

1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
   • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

     A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.

2. The wood of the beech tree.

同意語

• (tree): beech tree
• (wood): beechwood

派生語