bracken

bracken

See also: Bracken

English

Etymology

From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).[1]. Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹækən/

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• Rhymes: -ækən

Noun

bracken (usually uncountable, plural brackens)

1. (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
2. (uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.

Translations

any of several coarse ferns

Armenian: արծվապտեր (arcvapter) Bulgarian: орлова папрат (orlova paprat) Catalan: falguera aquilina f Valencian: falaguera aquilina f Chinese: Mandarin: 羊齒／羊齿 (zh) (yángchǐ), 蕨菜 (zh) (juécài) Dutch: adelaarsvaren (nl) m Esperanto: pteridio Finnish: lännensananjalka French: ptéridium m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Adlerfarne (de) f Greek: Ancient: θηλυπτερίς f (thēlupterís) Hungarian: saspáfrány (hu) Irish: raithneach f Italian: felce (it) f, felce aquilina f Japanese: 蕨 (ja) (ワラビ, warabi) Kikuyu: rũthirũ class 11 Korean: 고사리 (ko) (gosari) Maori: rarauhe, rauaruhe, mārohi, rarauwhe, rārahu, tākaka, manehu Norman: feûgiéthe f Persian: کرف‎ (fa) (karaf) Polish: orlica (pl) f Portuguese: feto-águia m Russian: па́поротник-орля́к m (páporotnik-orlják) Scottish Gaelic: raineach f Spanish: helecho (es) m Swedish: örnbräken c Welsh: rhedyn m

References

1. “bracken”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.