holm oak

See also: holmoak and holm-oak

English

Alternative forms

• holm-oak

Etymology

Named from a resemblance to the holly plant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊm əʊk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊm oʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Noun

holm oak (plural holm oaks)

1. An evergreen tree, Quercus ilex, native to the Mediterranean region.

   Synonyms: holly oak, ilex

Translations

evergreen tree, Quercus ilex

• Arabic: سِنْدِيَان m (sindiyān)
• Aragonese: carrasca (an) f, lecinera f
• Aramaic:

  Palestinian: סדיין m (/⁠seḏyān⁠/)

  Syriac: ܣܕܝܢܐ m (/⁠seḏyānā⁠/)

• Armenian: սղոցի (hy) (sġocʻi), փշակաղնի (hy) (pʻšakaġni)
• Basque: arte
• Bulgarian: вечнозелен дъб m (večnozelen dǎb)
• Catalan: alzina (ca) f
• Czech: dub cesmínovitý m
• Esperanto: anzino, ilekskverko
• Finnish: rautatammi (fi)
• French: chêne vert (fr) m, yeuse (fr) f
• Galician: aciñeira (gl) f
• Georgian: ქვამუხა (kvamuxa)
• German: Steineiche (de) f
• Greek: αριά (el) f (ariá)

  Ancient: πρῖνος f (prînos), σμῖλαξ f (smîlax)

• Hungarian: magyaltölgy (hu)
• Irish: dair thoilm f
• Italian: leccio (it) m
• Latin: īlex f
• Norman: vèrt tchêne m
• Occitan: aisina (oc) f, ausin m, ausina f, elze m, euse (oc) m, eusin m, eusina f
• Old Galician-Portuguese: azỹeira f
• Polish: dąb ostrolistny (pl) m
• Portuguese: azinheira (pt) f
• Russian: дуб ка́менный m (dub kámennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цр̀ника f, чѐсмина f (regional, also means the holly)

  Latin: cr̀nika (sh) f, čèsmina (sh) f (regional, also means the holly)

• Sicilian: ìlici (scn) f
• Slovene: črničevje n, črnika (sl) f
• Spanish: encina (es) f, carrasca (es)
• Swedish: stenek c

Further reading

• Quercus ilex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Quercus ilex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies