birche
Middle English
Alternative forms
- byrche, birch, birk, byrke, birke, breche
Etymology
From Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbirtʃ(ə)/, /ˈbirk(ə)/
Noun
birche (plural birches)
- birch (tree of genus Betula).
- mastic (the tree Pistacia lentiscus).
Descendants
- English: birch
- Northumbrian: birk
- Scots: birk
References
- “birch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.