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Image:Betula_Pendula_at_Stockholm_University_2005-07-01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Birch trees Betula pendula (1)
Pronunciation
bû(r)ch, /bÉœË(r)tʃ/, /b3:(r)tS/
audio|en-us-birch.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-ÉœË(r)tʃ|Rhymes: -ÉœË(r)tʃ
Etymology
Old English birce, bierce, beorc
Noun
en-noun|es
- any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the northern hemisphere.
- a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
- a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
Translations
birch tree
Albanian: mështekna
Belarusian: бÑроза
Bosnian: breza f
Bulgarian: бреза f
Catalan: bedoll m
Chinese: huà (hua4); traditional: 樺; simplified: 桦
Croatian: breza f
Czech: bÅ™Ãza f
Danish: birk
Dutch: berk m
Esperanto: betulo
Estonian: kask, kõiv
Finnish: koivu, koivupuu
French: bouleau m
German: Birke f
Icelandic: björk f, birki n, birkitré n
Korean: ìžìž‘나무 (jajag-namu, jajak-)
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Latvian: bērzs m
Italian: betulla f
Lithuanian: beržas m
Norwegian: bjørk f
Polish: brzoza
Portuguese: bétula f
Romanian: mesteacăn
Romansch: badugn m
Russian: берёза (ber'óza) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: бреза f
:Roman: breza f
Slovene: breza f
Spanish: abedul m
Swedish: björk
Turkish: huÅŸ
Ukrainian: береза
<!--DefB-->birch wood
Danish: birk
Finnish: koivu, koivupuu
Icelandic: birki n
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Russian: берёза (ber'óza) f
<!--DefC-->punishment device
Finnish: vitsa, koivuvitsa
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Russian: розга (rózga) f, прут (prut) m
Verb
en-verb|birch|es
- to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
- to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
Translations
<!--DefA-->punish with a birch
Finnish: piiskata
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<!--DefC-->punish as if one were using a birch
Finnish: piiskata, raipata
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Derived terms
birch wood
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