hornbeam

hornbeam

English

Hornbeam branch with leaves and seeds.

Etymology

c. 1570, from Old English horn + beam (“tree”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːnˌbiːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹnˌbim/

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Noun

hornbeam (plural hornbeams)

1. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
2. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
3. The wood of these trees.

Synonyms

• hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood

Hyponyms

• blue beech

Derived terms

• American hornbeam
• common hornbeam
• European hop-hornbeam
• European hop hornbeam
• European hornbeam

 

Translations

tree of Carpinus

Abkhaz: хьаца (xʲaca) Armenian: բոխի (hy) (boxi) Aromanian: carpin m, scodã f, gavru m, cãrãnti m Avar: лъор (lˢor) Azerbaijani: vələs (az), ulas Bats: კარცხილ (ḳarcxil) Belarusian: граб m (hrab) Bezhta: гьой (hoj) Bulgarian: габър (bg) (gabǎr) Catalan: carpí (ca) m Chechen: пха (pxa) Chinese: Mandarin: 鵝耳櫪／鹅耳枥 (zh) (é'ěrlì) Czech: habr (cs) m Dutch: haagbeuk (nl) m Esperanto: karpeno Finnish: valkopyökki (fi) Franco-Provençal: charpena f French: charme (fr) m Friulian: çamar m Galician: carpe (gl) m Georgian: რცხილა (rcxila) German: Hainbuche (de) f, Weißbuche (de) f Greek: γάβρος (el) m (gávros) Ancient: γάβρος m (gábros) Hungarian: gyertyán (hu) Ido: karpino (io) Ingush: пхьан (pḥʳan) Irish: crann sleamhain m Istriot: carpano m Italian: carpino (it) m Japanese: 四手, 垂 (ja) (shide) Judeo-Tat: велес (veles) Korean: 서어나무 (ko) (seo'eonamu) Latin: carpinus Latvian: skābardis Laz: ცხემური (ʒxemuri) Lithuanian: skroblas Low German: Haböök f, Wittböök f Macedonian: габер m (gaber) Mingrelian: ცხიმური (cximuri) Norman: charmille f Occitan: calpre (oc) m Ossetian: фатхъӕд (fatqæd) Persian: ممرز‎ (fa) (mamraz), کرزل‎ (korzel) Polish: grab (pl) m Portuguese: carpino m Romanian: carpen (ro) Russian: граб (ru) m (grab) Sicilian: càrpinu m Slovak: hrab (sk) m Slovene: beli gaber m, navadni gaber m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: grab m Spanish: carpe (es) m Svan: ცხუმ (cxum) Swedish: avenbok (sv) c, annbok c Tabasaran: мухь (mux) Turkish: gürgen (tr) Ukrainian: граб m (hrab) Venetian: càrpano (vec) m, càrpane m, càrpen m Walloon: tchårnale (wa) f, tchårnea (wa) m, tchåne (wa) f Welsh: oestrwydden f

Ostrya carpinifolia

Bulgarian: воден габър m (voden gabǎr) Greek: Ancient: ὀστρύα f (ostrúa) Italian: carpino nero m, ostria f, carpinella f

See also

• hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• hornbeam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913