hêtre
See also: hétre
French
Etymology
From Middle French hestre, from Old French hestre, from Frankish *haistr. Displaced native fau, from Latin fagus, which can still be found in faîne (“beechnut”).
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛtʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtʁ
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛːtʁ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
- Homophones: hêtres (general), aître, aîtres, être, êtres (unaspirated)
Noun
hêtre m (plural hêtres)
- beech
- beechwood
- Meronym: faîne
Derived terms
- hêtre commun
Further reading
- “hêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- éther