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): /ˈbirt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈbirk(ə)/

Noun

birche (plural birches)

1. birch (tree of genus Betula).
2. 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 12 August 2018.