abedul
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *betūle or *betūlus, from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Also compare Catalan bedoll, French bouleau, Portuguese bétula, Italian betulla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abeˈdul/ [a.β̞eˈð̞ul]
- Rhymes: -ul
- Syllabification: a‧be‧dul
Noun
abedul m (plural abedules)
- birch
- Synonym: (La Rioja) biezo
Further reading
- “abedul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014