osier

osier

See also: Osier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French osier (“basket willow, withy”), from Old French osier, hosier, hosyere (compare Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”)), from Frankish *halster (compare Low German Halster, Hilster (“bay willow”)).

Alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”) (compare Breton aoz (“riverbed”)), from Proto-Celtic *auos (“river”), which could also be present in the French place name Avoise.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊzɪə/, /ˈəʊʒə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊʒəɹ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -əʊʒə, (US) -oʊʒəɹ

Noun

osier (plural osiers)

1. A kind of willow, Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for wickerwork (basketweaving with wicker). The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.
2. One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.
   • 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 188:

     Wattling consists of a row of upright stakes the spaces between which are more or less filled by interweaving small branches, hazel rods, osiers, reeds, thin strips of wood, or other pliant material.

Derived terms

• red osier dogwood

Translations

plant

Bashkir: тал (tal) Bulgarian: ракита (bg) f (rakita) Catalan: vimetera f Dutch: katwilg (nl) m Finnish: koripaju (fi) French: saule des vanniers (fr) m Galician: vimieiro (gl) m, vimbieira (gl) f, xalce m, sarga f, trogalleiro m, brimial m, xarxeira f German: Korb-Weide f Greek: λυγαριά (el) f (lygariá) Ancient: οἶσος m (oîsos) Icelandic: körfuvíðir m Italian: vimini Latin: vīmen n Portuguese: vimeiro (pt) m Romanian: răchită (ro) f, mlajă (ro) f Russian: и́ва прутовидная f (íva prutovidnaja) Spanish: mimbre (es) m or f, mimbrera f, mimbrera blanca f Swedish: korgvide c

twig

Czech: houžev (cs) f Finnish: koripaju (fi) Galician: vime m, vimbio m, bringa f, buíño m, guineita f, guimia f, trogallo m, brime m Italian: vimine (it) m Portuguese: vime (pt) m Romanian: mlajă (ro) f Russian: и́ва (ru) f (íva) Scottish Gaelic: gad m Spanish: mimbre (es) m

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Breton: (please verify) aozilh (br) Korean: (please verify) 버들 (ko) (beodeul) (beodeul), (please verify) 버드나무 (ko) (beodeunamu) (beodeunamu) Latin: (please verify) vimen n Norman: (please verify) ôsyi m (Jersey) Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) rakita (sh) f

References

1. BESZARD, L. (1910). ETUDE SUR L'ORIGINE DES NOMS DE LIEUX. France: (n.p.), p. 2

Anagrams

• Ieros, Rosie, sorie

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French

Etymology

From Old French osier, hosier, hosyere (compare Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”)), from Frankish *halster (compare Low German Halster, Hilster (“bay willow”)).

Alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”) (compare Breton aoz (“riverbed”)), from Proto-Celtic *auos (“river”), which could also be present in the French place name Avoise.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.zje/

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Noun

osier m (plural osiers)

1. (countable) osier (tree)
2. (uncountable) wicker
3. (tree) willow

Derived terms

• osier fleuri

 

Related terms

• oseraie

References

1. BESZARD, L. (1910). ETUDE SUR L'ORIGINE DES NOMS DE LIEUX. France: (n.p.), p. 2

Further reading

• “osier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• seoir, seroi