hornbeam

English

Hornbeam branch with leaves and seeds.

Etymology

c. 1570, from Old English horn + beam (“tree”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːnˌbiːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹnˌbim/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

hornbeam (plural hornbeams)

1. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
2. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
3. The wood of these trees.

Synonyms

• hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood

Hyponyms

• blue beech

Derived terms

• American hornbeam
• common hornbeam
• European hop-hornbeam
• European hop hornbeam
• European hornbeam

 

Translations

tree of Carpinus

• Abkhaz: хьаца (xʲaca)
• Armenian: բոխի (hy) (boxi)
• Aromanian: carpin m, scodã f, gavru m, cãrãnti m
• Avar: лъор (lˢor)
• Azerbaijani: vələs (az), ulas
• Bats: კარცხილ (ḳarcxil)
• Belarusian: граб m (hrab)
• Bezhta: гьой (hoj)
• Bulgarian: габър (bg) (gabǎr)
• Catalan: carpí (ca) m
• Chechen: пха (pxa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鵝耳櫪／鹅耳枥 (zh) (é'ěrlì)

• Czech: habr (cs) m
• Dutch: haagbeuk (nl) m
• Esperanto: karpeno
• Finnish: valkopyökki (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: charpena f
• French: charme (fr) m
• Friulian: çamar m
• Galician: carpe (gl) m
• Georgian: რცხილა (rcxila)
• German: Hainbuche (de) f, Weißbuche (de) f
• Greek: γάβρος (el) m (gávros)

  Ancient: γάβρος m (gábros)

• Hungarian: gyertyán (hu)
• Ido: karpino (io)
• Ingush: пхьан (pḥʳan)
• Irish: crann sleamhain m
• Istriot: carpano m
• Italian: carpino (it) m
• Japanese: 四手, 垂 (ja) (shide)
• Judeo-Tat: велес (veles)
• Korean: 서어나무 (ko) (seo'eonamu)
• Latin: carpinus
• Latvian: skābardis
• Laz: ცხემური (ʒxemuri)
• Lezgi: гийин (gijin)
• Lithuanian: skroblas
• Low German: Haböök f, Wittböök f
• Macedonian: габер m (gaber)
• Megleno-Romanian: carpin m
• Mingrelian: ცხიმური (cximuri)
• Norman: charmille f
• Occitan: calpre (oc) m
• Ossetian: фатхъӕд (fatqæd)
• Persian: ممرز (fa) (mamraz), کرزل (korzel)
• Polish: grab (pl) m
• Portuguese: carpino m
• Romanian: carpen (ro)
• Russian: граб (ru) m (grab)
• Sicilian: càrpinu m
• Slovak: hrab (sk) m
• Slovene: beli gaber m, navadni gaber m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: grab m

• Spanish: carpe (es) m
• Svan: ცხუმ (cxum)
• Swedish: avenbok (sv) c, annbok c
• Tabasaran: мухь (mux)
• Turkish: gürgen (tr)
• Ukrainian: граб m (hrab)
• Venetian: càrpano (vec) m, càrpane m, càrpen m
• Walloon: tchårnale (wa) f, tchårnea (wa) m, tchåne (wa) f
• Welsh: oestrwydden f

Ostrya carpinifolia

• Bulgarian: воден габър m (voden gabǎr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀστρύα f (ostrúa)

• Italian: carpino nero m, ostria f, carpinella f

See also

• hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• “hornbeam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.